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Performance Assessment of Primary Healthcare Worldwide: The International Experiences

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Care Sciences & Services".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 4517

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Centre for Public Administration and Public Policies, Institute of Social and Political Sciences, Universidade de Lisboa, Rua Almerindo Lessa, 1300-663 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: health; health policy; hospital management; primary health care; long term care
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Dear Colleagues,

Primary healthcare is the main gateway to health systems around the world. Through this level of care comes planning, disease prevention, health promotion and curative activity. This Special Issue will be focused on performance evaluation at this level of care, as well as a demonstration of the reforms that each country has developed. This is a very interesting topic that allows us to reflect on current health systems and see where we can improve in terms of performance, from the historical importance of primary healthcare to the subject of the COVID-19 pandemic, through to the epidemiology of patients and the process of care at different levels in these various countries. In addition to the experience of primary care in terms of the relationship with hospitals and long-term care, it will be interesting to produce this publication with information on performance in a pandemic period.

  • Reforms in primary healthcare;
  • Performance of primary healthcare in the COVID-19 pandemic;
  • Integration between primary and hospital healthcare;
  • Performance of primary healthcare in health promotion activities;
  • Health in all policies;
  • Primary healthcare as a gateway to the health system;
  • Performance of primary healthcare in the COVID-19 healthcare process;
  • Performance vs. funding in primary healthcare.

Dr. Alexandre Morais Nunes
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • performance
  • primary healthcare
  • international experiences
  • access
  • efficiency
  • COVID-19

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Efficiency Analysis of Syrian Refugees’ Healthcare Services in Turkey and Other 3RP States
by Emmanuel Achiri and Mustapha D. Ibrahim
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(22), 14986; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214986 - 14 Nov 2022
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Access to healthcare for refugees is often contextually and conceptually diverse. This study set out to evaluate the efficiency of the healthcare services provided for Syrian refugees in Turkey and other refugee response and resilience plan (3RP) states. Data envelopment analysis is utilized [...] Read more.
Access to healthcare for refugees is often contextually and conceptually diverse. This study set out to evaluate the efficiency of the healthcare services provided for Syrian refugees in Turkey and other refugee response and resilience plan (3RP) states. Data envelopment analysis is utilized for efficiency analysis using primary healthcare system indicators. Efficiency is broken down into pure technical efficiency and scale efficiency to identify causes of inefficiency. Normative analysis is used to employ a teleological approach to better understand current refugee healthcare policies. The findings show a decline in the overall efficiency for Turkey and other 3RP states. However, Turkey’s operational practices could be a model for other 3RP states due to its relatively high pure technical efficiency. Scale inefficiency negatively impacts the overall efficiency of Turkey’s service, while other 3RP states exhibit a rather consistent performance. The study concludes that Turkey’s healthcare system for refugees is inefficient, resulting in inadequate access for Syrian refugees. As such, operational and scale efficiency must be synergized for Turkey to fulfill its obligation to provide adequate healthcare for Syrian refugees. Additionally, COVID-19 was found to have exacerbated the challenges Syrian refugees face accessing healthcare. Policy recommendations have been made in line with the findings of the study. Full article
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A Critical Analysis of Decentralizing the Portuguese Public Healthcare Provision Services
by Alexandre Morais Nunes and Diogo Cunha Ferreira
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(20), 13390; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013390 - 17 Oct 2022
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The Portuguese health system has a universal, public, general National Health Service (NHS), tending towards free healthcare access. Created in 1979, this delivery model developed from the integration and complementarity between the different response levels (primary, hospital, continuing, and palliative care). However, over [...] Read more.
The Portuguese health system has a universal, public, general National Health Service (NHS), tending towards free healthcare access. Created in 1979, this delivery model developed from the integration and complementarity between the different response levels (primary, hospital, continuing, and palliative care). However, over the last 40 years, the initially centralized system underwent a decentralization process with the creation of Regional Health Administrations in the five mainland administrative regions. Since then, the entire NHS has settled around this new organization. The most recent step started in 2018 with the decentralization of primary healthcare skills to 190 municipalities. This paper presents the various critical issues involved in the latest gradual decentralization process in health, intending to bring services closer to the citizens, and to be more focused on their needs. The article identifies and discusses the implications of this experience based on the steps foreseen in the already-published legal texts. Full article
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