BACKGROUND The major objectives of this study were to evaluate the existing primary health care service provisions in the public and private sector and utilization of the services, and to assess the existing manpower and material resources. METHODS Data were collected through interviews with the primary health care providers. Data were also collected from the records maintained at the polycli...

Internationally, the polyclinic has been a feature of many health systems. The recent UK policy shift towards enhanced coordination of care closer to home resulted in the development of polyclinics most notably in London. This paper explores the background to the development of polyclinics and draws on the early experience of developments in London to explore what their impact has been, and is ...

The National Formulary (Fornas) is a list of drugs stipulated in Decree the Minister Health Republic Indonesia, which used as guideline for hospitals drug supply participants Insurance (JKN) program. Doctor's prescription one indicator quality hospital services. Prescribing based on guidelines will provide efficiency drugs. purpose this study was to facilitate controlling supplies, safe use and...

The preliminary review of the National Health Service (NHS) in England, led by Lord Darzi, proposed the development of ‘polyclinics’, which in the final report are referred to as ‘GP-led health centres’. Although there is considerable confusion in the literature about what it actually means, the term polyclinic will be familiar to those who have worked in the former Soviet countries of Europe (...

INTRODUCTION The Singapore National Asthma Program (SNAP) was launched in 2001 to address the high burden of asthma in Singapore. One component of the SNAP was directed at improving asthma control in the community by promoting preventive treatment with inhaled corticosteroids. This paper describes the program on prescription patterns of preventor and reliever medication for asthma in the polycl...