The 2014 primary health care reform in Poland: Short-term fixes instead of a long-term strategy

Abstract The 40th anniversary of the World Health Organization Alma-Ata Declaration in Astana offered the impetus to discuss the extent to which integrated primary health care (PHC) has been successfully implemented and its impact on research and practice. This paper focuses on the experiences from Greece in implementing primary health care reform and lessons learned from the conduct of evidence-based research. It critically examines what appears to be impeding the effective implementation of integrated PHC in a country affected by the financial and refugee crisis. The key challenges for establishing integrated people-centred primary care include availability of family physicians, information and communication technology, the prevention and management of chronic disease and migrant and refugees’ health. Policy recommendations are formulated to guide the primary health care reform in Greece, while attempting to inform efforts in other countries with similar conditions.

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Long Term Social Work in a Primary Health Care Setting

The British Journal of Social Work ◽

10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjsw.a054895 ◽

1983 ◽

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Primary Health Care ◽

Social Work ◽

Care Setting ◽

Health Care Setting ◽

Primary Health Care Setting ◽

Primary Health

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Patients' experiences of nurse case management in primary care: a meta-synthesis

Australian Journal of Primary Health ◽

10.1071/py17040 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 23 (5) ◽

pp. 420 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Anna Askerud ◽

Jenny Conder

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Primary Health Care ◽

Case Management ◽

Research Question ◽

Health Conditions ◽

Long Term Conditions ◽

Nurse Case Management ◽

Primary Health

The health system in New Zealand and Australia requires health practitioners to prepare for the challenge of long-term conditions. Wagner’s 1998 Chronic Care Model advocates a move away from the traditional acute model of primary health care to a model that addresses the long-term episodic nature of chronic disease. Nurse case management has been developed over the last 2 decades as a means to coordinate health services for people with long-term conditions. This meta-synthesis combines the results of 15 qualitative research studies that have a similar research question regarding peoples’ perceptions of nurse case management. The research synthesises the experiences of people with long-term conditions on the quality of care under a nurse case management model of primary health care. Over 1000 people were represented across the studies, and the results suggest that people had a high degree of confidence and trust in their nurse case manager, were better able to manage their health conditions with nurse case management support, and had better access to appropriate health care. This research suggests that nurse case management is an effective model of care and may contribute to improved quality of life and better health care for those with long-term health conditions.

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