Administrative burden in primary care: Critical review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Administrative burden contributes to the current primary care crisis. This critical review of the literature explores how primary care administrative burden is discussed, including how it is defined and what drivers and solutions have been identified.

Data sources

A systematic search of MEDLINE and CINAHL electronic databases for peer-reviewed original research articles, literature reviews, and commentaries that discuss administrative burden in the context of primary care or primary health care.

Study selection

Searches identified 321 articles in MEDLINE and 109 in CINAHL, resulting in a total of 351 articles after duplicates were removed. Based on title and abstract screening, 228 articles were retained for full-text screening; 136 were ultimately included

SUBMITTER: Storseth O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12264525 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature