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Why strengthening primary health care is essential to achieving universal health coverage

Why strengthening primary health care is essential to achieving universal health coverage

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Why strengthening primary health care is essential to achieving universal health coverage

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Full title

Why strengthening primary health care is essential to achieving universal health coverage

Publisher

Canada: Joule Inc

Journal title

Canadian Medical Association journal (CMAJ), 2018-04, Vol.190 (15), p.E463-E466

Language

English

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Publisher

Canada: Joule Inc

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Van Weel and Kidd cite that primary health care addresses the health needs of all patients at the community level, integrating care, prevention, promotion and education. Primary health care improves the performance of health systems by lowering overall health care expenditure while improving population health and access. The aims of primary health...

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Why strengthening primary health care is essential to achieving universal health coverage

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5903888

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5903888

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ISSN

0820-3946

E-ISSN

1488-2329

DOI

10.1503/cmaj.170784

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