Metrics for Assessing Improvements in Primary Health Care
Year: 2014
Type: review
Abstract: Metrics focus attention on what is important. Balanced metrics of primary health care inform purpose and aspiration as well as performance. Purpose in primary health care is about improving the health of people and populations in their community contexts. It is informed by metrics that include long-term, meaning- and relationship-focused perspectives. Aspirational uses of metrics inspire evolving insights and iterative improvement, using a collaborative, developmental perspective. Performance metrics assess the complex interactions among primary care tenets of accessibility, a whole-person focus, integration and coordination of care, and ongoing relationships with individuals, families, and communities; primary health care principles of inclusion and equity, a focus on people's needs, multilevel integration of health, collaborative policy dialogue, and stakeholder participation; basic and goal-directed health care, prioritization, development, and multilevel health outcomes. Environments that support reflection, development, and collaborative action are necessary for metrics to advance health and minimize unintended consequences.
Source: Annual Review of Public Health
Institutions: Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Lehigh Valley Health Network, The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, University of Colorado Health, University of Colorado Anschutz, National Cancer Institute, University of Colorado Denver
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Award: G2801515475
OpenAlex ID: W2017242355