A systematic review of interventions to enhance access to best practice primary health care for chronic disease management, prevention and episodic care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although primary health care (PHC) is a key component of all health care systems, services are not always readily available, accessible or affordable. This systematic review examines effective strategies to enhance access to best practice processes of PHC in three domains: chronic disease management, prevention and episodic care.

Methods

An extensive search of bibliographic data bases to identify peer and non-peer reviewed literature was undertaken. Identified papers were screened to identify and classify intervention studies that measured the impact of strategies (singly or in combination) on change in use or the reach of services in defined population groups (evaluated interventions).

Results

The search identified 3,148 citations of which 121 were interve

SUBMITTER: Comino EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3512489 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature