The international response of primary health care to Covid-19

Document Analysis in Selected Countries

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7695428
AutoresNília Maria De Brito Lima Prado (0000-0001-8243-5662, Universidade Federal da Bahia), Thais Regis Aranha Rossi (0000-0002-2561-088X, Universidade do Estado da Bahia), Sônia Cristina Lima Chaves (0000-0002-1476-8649, Universidade Federal da Bahia), Sandra Garrido De Barro (0000-0002-8255-1230, Universidade Federal da Bahia), Laio Magno (0000-0003-3752-0782, Universidade do Estado da Bahia), Hebert Luan Pereira Campos Dos Santos (0000-0003-2722-7945, Universidade Federal da Bahia), Adriano Maia Dos Santos (0000-0001-9718-1562, Universidade Federal da Bahia)
Año2020
Volumen36
Número12
Páginase00183820-e00183820
Fecha de publicación2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0102-311x00183820
PMID33237251
OpenAlexW3102126683
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2020001205001
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas21
Referencias citadas33

This study examines the primary health care (PHC) organization in response to the COVID-19 epidemic. This is a descriptive study based on the document analysis of the countries’ responses to the coronavirus pandemic with emphasis on PHC. In various countries, there have been different organizations and impacts of strategies since they have conducted actions according to the local characteristics of disease transmission, demography, public health services organization, and health system’s capacity and financing, especially in the PHC area. A significant change during the pandemic has been the increase in telephone and video consultations incorporating health information technology. An efficient PHC, guided by essential actions, achieves more suitable results. Also, each country’s cumulative capacity or experience makes the difference facing the emerging demands on different health systems

Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Descriptive research · Descriptive statistics · Disease · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Health care · Infectious disease (medical specialty) · Pandemic · Primary health care · Public health · Sociology · Telecommunications · Transmission (telecommunications) · Computer Science · COVID-19 and healthcare impacts · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Medicine · Nursing