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What are the advantages and disadvantages of restructuring a health care system to be more focused on primary care services?

World Health Organization.

Governments are searching for ways to improve the equity, efficiency, effectiveness, and responsiveness of their health systems. In recent years there has been an acceptance of the important role of primary health care in helping to achieve these aims. However, there have been no systematic reviews on pr...

Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration, Primary Health Care/organization & administration, Quality Assurance, Health Care/organization & administration, Patient Satisfaction/statistics & numerical data, Health Services Accessibility/organization & administration, Europe

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What is the evidence on effectiveness of capacity building of primary health care professionals in the detection, management and outcome of depression?

Depression is a common health care problem and is largely managed in primary care, with little or no specialist input from secondary care services. The quality of care is often low, with poor recognition of the condition, inadequate prescription, poor compliance with medication and poor provision and upt...