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Klappentext In Primary Care: Balancing Health Needs, Services, and Technology, Barbara Starfield presents evidence of the positive impact of primary care on the health of populations and provides innovative methods to evaluate the attainment and contribution primary care systems and practitioners. This volume is a valuable extension of the author's 1992 book on primary care, underscoring two additional areas: the role of primary care in facilitating equity in health services, and the emerging overlap between clinical medicine and public health. As primary care increasingly informs health care decision-making throughout the world, thisupdated edition is critical for the future trajectory of health policy. Zusammenfassung This volume provides innovative methods to evaluate the attainment and contributions of primary systems and practitioners. It extends Starfield's 1992 book by highlighting two additional areas: equity in health services and health, and overlap between clinical medicine and public health. It provides an important basis for future directions in health policy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface I. Primary Care and Health 1: Primary Care and its Relationship to Health 2: A Framework for Measuring Primary Care 3: Morbidity in Primary Care II. Primary Care Practice 4: Describing Primary Care 5: Primary Care, Subspecialists, and Non-Physician Practitioners 6: Primary Care in the Context of Health Systems III. Accountability in Primary Care 7: Accessibility and First-contact Use: The "Gate" 8: Patient Person-Focused Care Over Time 9: Practitioner-Patient Interactions 10: Comprehensiveness of Care: Who Should Provide What 11: Coordination of Care: Putting it All Together IV. Patients and Populations 12: Quality of Primary Care: A Clinical View 13: Evaluation of Primary Care: A Population View 14: Public health and Community-Oriented Primary Care V. Health Policy and Primary Care 15: Primary Care Systems in Western Industrialized Nations 16: Information Systems for Primary Care 17: Primary Care Research Needs 18: Health Policies to Achieve Effectiveness and Equity Epilogue Appendix: Primary Care Assessment Tool ...
