Required Structures for Family Physician Program for Achieving Service Quality Dimensions in Primary Health Care: a Systematic Review
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Background: The Structure of Health System affects quality of care in family physician program. This study aimed to explore the required structures of Family Physician Program for achieving service quality dimensions in Primary Health care through analyzing country experiences. These structures will be useful in achievement of quality health care in family physician system. Methods: In this systematic review, 15 electronic databases and search engines were searched by appropriate keywords in the time span of 2000-19. English or Persian articles on the health issue were discussed, and their quality was evaluated using the CASP checklist. Results: Out of 3067 identified articles, 67 articles with title, abstract, and text were included in the study. Based on the findings of this study the main structure and executive components in Multi-Country Study for family physician program were Insurance, Monitoring and Control, Payment, Provider, Quality, Financial support and Cultural structures. Conclusion: Quality improvement in primary health care requires attention to executive structures. Use of executive experiences of other countries will be useful in achievement of quality health care in family physician system.
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volume 38 issue 3
pages 161- 174
publication date 2021-02
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