Creating performance intelligence for primary health care strengthening in Europe.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary health care and its strengthening through performance measurement is essential for sustainably working towards universal health coverage. Existing performance frameworks and indicators to measure primary health care capture system functions like governance, financing and resourcing but to a lesser extent the function of services delivery and its heterogeneous nature. Moreover, most frameworks have weak links with routine information systems and national health priorities, especially in the context of high- and middle-income countries. This paper presents the development of a tool that responds to this context with the aim to create primary health care performance intelligence for the 53 countries of the WHO European Region.

Methods

The work builds-off of a

SUBMITTER: Barbazza E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6935208 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature