Perceived facilitators and barriers to chronic disease management in primary care networks of Singapore: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The increasing chronic disease burden has placed tremendous strain on tertiary healthcare resources in most countries, necessitating a shift in chronic disease management from tertiary to primary care providers. The Primary Care Network (PCN) policy was promulgated as a model of care to organise private general practitioners (GPs) into groups to provide GPs with resources to anchor patients with chronic conditions with them in the community. As PCN is still in its embryonic stages, there is a void in research regarding its ability to empower GPs to manage patients with chronic conditions effectively. This qualitative study aims to explore the facilitators and barriers for the management of patients with chronic conditions by GPs enrolled in PCN.

Design

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SUBMITTER: Foo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8098912 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature