Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: Rebuilding the Foundation of Health Care

Committee on Implementing High-Quality Primary Care,Board on Health Care Services,Health and Medicine Division,National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

ISBN 10: 0309685109 / ISBN 13: 9780309685108

Published by National Academies Press, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: Rebuilding the Foundation of Health Care
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309685109
• ISBN 13: 9780309685108
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

High-quality primary care is the foundation of the health care system. It provides continuous, person-centered, relationship-based care that considers the needs and preferences of individuals, families, and communities. Without access to high-quality primary care, minor health problems can spiral into chronic disease, chronic disease management becomes difficult and uncoordinated, visits to emergency departments increase, preventive care lags, and health care spending soars to unsustainable levels.

Unequal access to primary care remains a concern, and the COVID-19 pandemic amplified pervasive economic, mental health, and social health disparities that ubiquitous, high-quality primary care might have reduced. Primary care is the only health care component where an increased supply is associated with better population health and more equitable outcomes. For this reason, primary care is a common good, which makes the strength and quality of the country's primary care services a public concern.

Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: Rebuilding the Foundation of Health Care puts forth an evidence-based plan with actionable objectives and recommendations for implementing high-quality primary care in the United States. The implementation plan of this report balances national needs for scalable solutions while allowing for adaptations to meet local needs.