Primary Healthcare
Primary healthcare, often shortened to PHC, refers to the activity of healthcare providers who are the first point of consultation for patients. The effectiveness of primary healthcare is fundamental to an efficient, quality healthcare system, which is why primary healthcare touches all areas of our work at CHSRF.
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What’s New
Request for proposal: Economic analysis of achieving high-quality primary healthcareFunded by CHSRF, this analysis will examine the health and economic consequences of improving primary healthcare performance in Canada. The findings will inform the activities of the Canadian Working Group for Primary Healthcare Improvement. Due date is April 13, 2010.
» Go to RFP
Improving Canada’s primary healthcare: benefits and opportunities
These three reports outline the opportunities for enhancing Canada’s primary healthcare sector through the application of evidence – and the benefits of doing so. They will be used by CHSRF and the Canadian Working Group for Primary Healthcare Improvement to help guide their work in primary healthcare.
» Go to reports (Released January 2010)
More CHSRF Publications about Primary Healthcare
- “Networks and social capital: a relational approach to primary healthcare reform,” Insight and Action, July 2008 » Read article
- Interprofessional Collaboration and Quality Primary Healthcare, December 2007 » Full report (PDF, 379 KB) | Appendices (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- Mapping the Future of Primary Healthcare Research in Canada, September 2007 » Full report (PDF, 326 KB) | Executive summary (PDF, 196 KB) | One-page backgrounder (PDF, 117 KB)
- Inventory of Primary Healthcare Evaluation Projects and Strategies in Canada, April 2005 (updated April 2006) » Full report (PDF, 2 MB)
Other Resources
- A Survey of Primary Care Physicians in 11 Countries, 2009: Perspectives on Care, Costs, and Experiences, Commonwealth Fund, November 2009
- Diabetes Care Gaps and Disparities in Canada, CIHI, December 2009
- Implementing Family Medicine Groups: The Challenges of Reorganizing a Practice and of Inter-Professional Collaboration, April 2006
- Measuring the Performance of Primary Health Care: Existing Capacity and Future Information Needs
CHSRF contact for primary healthcare:
Kevin Barclay
Senior Policy Advisor, Policy Group
Tel. (613) 728-2238 ext. 250
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