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Journal History

2001

The inaugural issue was released under the title PrimaryCare (ISSN 1424-3776; EISSN 1424-3806) in both German and French languages, with EMH Swiss Medical Publishers.

2015

The journal title was changed to Primary and Hospital Care in December 2015.
PHC became the official journal of the Swiss Society of General Internal Medicine (SGAIM) until 2025.
PHC became the official journal for Haus- und Kinderärzte Schweiz (mfe), pädiatrie schweiz, Kollegiums für Hausarztmedizin (KHM), Schweizerischen Akademie für Psychosomatische und Psychosoziale Medizin (SAPPM), Jungen Haus- und KinderärztInnen Schweiz (JHaS), and Swiss Young Internists (SYI).

2016

PHC continued publication under a gold open access model in German and French with separate ISSNs:
Primary and Hospital Care: Allgemeine Innere Medizin (ISSN 2297-7155; EISSN 2297-7163)
Primary and Hospital Care: Médecine Interne Générale (ISSN 2297-7171; EISSN 2297-721X)

2017

PHC was indexed in Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

2024

The journal discontinued publication after its previous publisher, EMH Swiss Medical Publishers, ceased operations.

2026

MDPI acquired PHC and published from Volume 25, Issue 1 (2026) and  adopted a quarterly publication schedule.
The journal published articles exclusively in English with new ISSN:
Primary and Hospital Care (ISSN 3042-9897)

Editor-in-Chief

2015–2024

Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Neuner-Jehle

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