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A reemerging political space for linking person and community through primary health care

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  • Sweeney, S.A.
  • Bazemore, A.
  • Phillips Jr., R.L.
  • Etz, R.S.
  • Stange, K.C.

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Objectives: We sought to understand how national policy key informants perceive the value and changing role of primary care in the context of emerging political opportunities. Methods: We conducted 13 semistructured interviews in May 2011 with leaders of federal agencies, think tanks, nonprofits, and quality standard-defining organizations with influence over health care reform policies and implementation. We recorded the interviews and used an editing and immersion-crystallization analysis approach to identify themes. Results: We identified 4 themes: (1) affirmation of primary care as the foundation of a more effective health care system, (2) the patient-centered medical home as a transitional step to foster practice innovation and payment reform, (3) the urgent need for an increased focus on community and population health in primary care, and (4) the ongoing need for advocacy and research efforts to keep primary care on public and policy agendas. Conclusions: Current efforts to reform primary care are only intermediate steps toward a system with a greater focus on community and population health. Transformed and policy-enabled primary care is an essential link between personalized care and population health.

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  • Sweeney, S.A. & Bazemore, A. & Phillips Jr., R.L. & Etz, R.S. & Stange, K.C., 2012. "A reemerging political space for linking person and community through primary health care," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 102(S3), pages 336-341.
  • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2011.300553_9
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300553
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    1. Kurt C. Stange & Anne Gaglioti & James Bindas, 2022. "Integrated, Personalized Care for Older People," Journal of Elder Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 2(2), pages 23-78, September.

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