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26-04-2024 | Editorial

Saving Primary Care: Developing a Practice Registry to Monitor the Health of a Threatened Profession

Authors: Russell S. Phillips, MD, Maelys Amat, MD, MBA, Jatin Dave, MBBS, MPH, FACP

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine

Excerpt

Primary care is a foundational “common good” that leads to better population health, equity, affordability, and healthcare quality.¹ Given threats to its survival, assessing the health and performance of primary care is essential. An organized system to assess and monitor the health of primary care practices can provide key data on workforce size, capacity, and services, and the adequacy of practice finances that are necessary to save primary care. …

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Title: Saving Primary Care: Developing a Practice Registry to Monitor the Health of a Threatened Profession
Authors: Russell S. Phillips, MD
Maelys Amat, MD, MBA
Jatin Dave, MBBS, MPH, FACP
Publication date: 26-04-2024
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-024-08728-4

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