National primary care responses to COVID-19: a rapid review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this review, conducted in April 2020, is to examine available national primary care guidelines for COVID-19 and to explore the ways in which these guidelines support primary care facilities in responding to the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design

Rapid review and narrative synthesis.

Data sources

PubMed, Embase and Google, as well as the websites of relevant national health departments, were searched from 1 January 2020 to 24 April 2020.

Eligibility criteria

Documents included must be issued by a national health authority, must be specific to COVID-19 care, directed at healthcare workers or managers, and must refer to the role of primary care in the COVID-19 response.

Results

We identified 17 documents from 14 countries. An adap

SUBMITTER: Haldane V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7725079 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature