Resilience of the primary health care system - German primary care practitioners' perspectives during the early COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary care is a relevant pillar in managing not only individual, but also societal medical crises. The COVID-19 pandemic has demanded a rapid response from primary care with interventions in the health care system. The aim of this paper was to explore the responses of primary care practitioners (PCP) during the early COVID-19 pandemic and to analyze these with a view on the resilience of the primary health care system from the PCPs perspective.

Methods

Shortly after the first COVID-19 wave (July-October 2020) n = 39, semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with PCP in practices and at Corona contact points (CCP) in Baden-Wuerttemberg (Germany). Qualitative content analysis was applied, and the evolved categories were related to in a framework for res

SUBMITTER: Stengel S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9365682 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature