Out-of-hours primary care in 26 European countries: an overview of organizational models.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Various models exist to organize out-of-hours primary care (OOH-PC). We aimed to provide an up-to-date overview of prevailing organizational models in the European Union (EU), implemented changes over the last decade and future plans. This baseline overview may provide information for countries considering remodelling their OOH-PC system.

Methods

A cross-sectional web-based questionnaire among 93 key informants from EU countries, Norway and Switzerland. Key informants with expertise in the field of primary health care were invited to participate. Themes in the questionnaire were the existing organizational models for OOH-PC, model characteristics, major organizational changes implemented in the past decade and future plans.

Results

All 26 included countries

SUBMITTER: Steeman L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7699311 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature