PHM-Exch> Toward international primary care reform

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
crossposted fom: EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org


 *Toward international primary care reform*

Barbara Starfield, University Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
*CMAJ • May 26, 2009; 180 (11). doi:10.1503/cmaj.090542.*

Available online at: http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/180/11/1091?etoc

“….Primary care reform is now a worldwide imperative. National health care
systems with strong primary care infrastructures have healthier populations,
fewer health-related disparities and lower overall costs for health
care. 1<http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/180/11/1091?etoc#R1-3%23R1-3>In
the World Health Organization’s
2008 World Health Report,
2<http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/180/11/1091?etoc#R2-3%23R2-3>all
countries were
encouraged to orient their health care systems toward strengthened primary
care. Such reforms are unlikely to improve overall population health,
equalize distribution of health care resources or reduce costs unless they
address both the systemic and clinical characteristics of primary
care. 3<http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/180/11/1091?etoc#R3-3%23R3-3>…..”
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