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Primary care workforce planning within integrated care models: Application of a workforce planning toolkit [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: There is a crisis in the primary care workforce in Canada. While approaches have been developed to support primary care health human resource (HHR) planning, most planning is conducted within sector silos and there are few examples that consider a regional approach within an integrated care system.

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Increasing primary care capacity by adding team members [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Interprofessional team-based care can expand access to primary care, however, the relationship between interprofessional teams and their impact on primary care capacity is not well-understood. Studies that were qualitative, published before 2000, or non-English were excluded.

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Understanding the care for older people in rural China: The role of primary care providers as "the third sphere" [Global health]

Annals of Family Medicine

China’s NEPHS program offers a vantage point from which to appreciate how state-society interplay shapes care practices, as well as to address the implications of socio-political factors on care. Study Design and Analysis: A three-month ethnographic study collected qualitative data through observation and informal interviews.

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Primary care reform in Alberta: Costs for family physicians and expanded roles of independent nurse practitioners

Canadian Family Physician

Objective To analyze the economic effects of policies created by the Alberta government to address the shortage of family physician (FP) services following the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusion The time to address the current doctor shortage is substantial and needs to be factored into government primary care policies.

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Enhancing primary healthcare capacity : A qualitative study from the perspective of managers of PHC institutions in China [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design: A qualitative study Setting: Primary care setting in Shanghai, China Population Studied, 15 directors of the high-quality development pilot community health service centers in Shanghai were selected as interviewees.

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Reframing conceptualizations of opioid use disorder treatment in primary care [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

In countries like Canada and Australia, which have been experiencing high rates of opioid-related harms, there have been many calls to increase involvement of and improve OUD care in primary care. specialists, social workers), thus providing care continuity.

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New Report: U.S. Primary Care System Crumbling Amid Historic Disinvestment and Surge in Chronic Diseases

The Physicians Foundation

Scorecard with National and State Level Data Reveals Workforce Shortages, Low Primary Care Reimbursement, and Reduced Patient Access to Vital Services February 18, 2025 – As the nation faces a widespread surge in chronic diseases, the third Primary Care Scorecard highlights how systemic disinvestment in U.S.