What is the difference between comprehensive and selective primary health care? Evidence from a five-year longitudinal realist case study in South Australia

dc.contributor.authorBaum, Fran
dc.contributor.authorFreeman, Toby
dc.contributor.authorLawless, Angela
dc.contributor.authorLabonte, Ronald
dc.contributor.authorSanders, David
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-31T08:31:58Z
dc.date.available2018-10-31T08:31:58Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND Since the WHO’s Alma Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care (PHC) there has been debate about the advisability of adopting comprehensive or selective PHC. Proponents of the latter argue that a more selective approach will enable interim gains while proponents of a comprehensive approach argue that it is needed to address the underlying causes of ill health and improve health outcomes sustainably. METHODS This research is based on four case studies of government-funded and run PHC services in Adelaide, South Australia. Program logic models were constructed from interviews and workshops. The initial model represented relatively comprehensive service provision in 2010. Subsequent interviews in 2013 permitted the construction of a selective PHC program logic model following a series of restructuring service changes. RESULTSComparison of the PHC service program logic models before and after restructuring illustrates the changes to the operating context, underlying mechanisms, service qualities, activities, activity outcomes and anticipated community health outcomes. The PHC services moved from focusing on a range of community, group and individual clinical activities to a focus on the management of people with chronic disease. Under the more comprehensive model, activities were along a continuum of promotive, preventive, rehabilitative and curative. Under the selective model, the focus moved to rehabilitative and curative with very little other activities. CONCLUSION The study demonstrates the difference between selective and comprehensive approaches to PHC in a rich country setting and is useful in informing debates on PHC especially in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBaum, F. et al. (2017). What is the difference between comprehensive and selective primary health care? Evidence from a five-year longitudinal realist case study in South Australia. BMJ Open, 7: e015271.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2044-6055
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ bmjopen-2016-015271
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/4168
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherBMJ Publishing Groupen_US
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectWHOen_US
dc.subjectPrimary Health Care (PHC)en_US
dc.subjectComprehensiveen_US
dc.subjectSelectiveen_US
dc.subjectAustraliaen_US
dc.titleWhat is the difference between comprehensive and selective primary health care? Evidence from a five-year longitudinal realist case study in South Australiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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