Primary Health Care Characteristics: A view from Family Medicine Standpoint

Authors

  • Alex Moisés Rosas Prieto Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
  • Victor Narciso Zarate Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
  • María Sofía Cuba Fuentes Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Keywords:

Primary health care, Health Services Accessibility, family practice

Abstract

In this article we invite our readers to know about primary care,their differences with the secondary care and its importance in the current health systems. We talk about the four attributes of primary care described by Barbara Starfield : Accessibility and first contact where there should be easy access to the health system; Longitudinality, which must establish a personal relationship between the physician and continuous patient .Integrity,which gives solution to the most common health needsof the community and Coordination, where there isa joint effort between primary care physicians and other specialists.

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Published

2013-03-28

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REVIEW ARTICLE

How to Cite

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Primary Health Care Characteristics: A view from Family Medicine Standpoint. Acta Med Peru [Internet]. 2013 Mar. 28 [cited 2024 Dec. 25];30(1):42-7. Available from: https://amp.cmp.org.pe/index.php/AMP/article/view/1239