Family medicine
A rational model for primary care around the world
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13855799 |
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| Authors | Stephen J Spann (The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 45-51 |
| Publication date | 1994-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Family & Community Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0160-6379 • E-ISSN: 1550-5057 |
| Publisher | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00003727-199407000-00009 |
| OpenAlex | W2321194378 |
| Language | EN |
Adequate primary care services are crucial to health care delivery systems in both the developed and the developing world. The characteristics of family medicine have made it an attractive model for achieving this goal for an increasing number of countries around the world. Family medicine can be viewed as the medical application of the primary health care (PHC) model, serving as the interface between PHC and the traditional health care system. The developmental process for family medicine in a country's health care delivery system typically involves three phases: (1) clinical, (2) political, and (3) academic. Consultation and sharing of expertise in the planning and establishment of new programs present a wonderful opportunity for international collaboration. A model of consultation is described, along with a sequence of steps for establishing a new family medicine program in a health care delivery system
Environmental health · Family medicine · Primary (astronomy · Primary care · Primary health care · Medicine · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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