Background: Evidences around the world in the recent time have affirmed the key role in Disease prevention and mortality rate decreasing.WHO in 2008 recommended contries should improve the primary care system and use primary care as a model to achieve the effectiveness and equity in Health. Evaluation of the quality of primary care services at commune health centers has been very crucial. Objectives: To assess the practice of the principles of primary care at commune health centers of Thua Thien Hue province.Subjects and Methods:Cross-sectional descriptive study of 860 adult people used the healh care services at commune health center at 4 districts in Thua Thien Hue province: Phu Loc, Nam Dong, Huong Thuy and Hue. The study used the Primary Care Assessment tools PCAT from John Hopkins University. Results:First Contact - Utilization was the highest score (3.25 ± 0.93), Affiliation (3.17 ± 0.90), Ongoing care (2.87 ± 0.50), Comprehensiveness – services available (2.75 ± 0.52);The low scores included Coordination of care (2.47 ± 0.97), Culture - based access (2.37 ± 1.17), Community - based orientation (2.35 ± 0.82), Comprehensiveness – services provided (2.22 ± 0.84), Coordination of care - Information system (2.03 ± 0.79 );Total average of primary care was 19.00 ± 3.46, and the total average of expanded primary care was 25.75 ± 5.42.
Key words: primary care, principles of primary care, commune health center
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