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The document discusses the application of primary care assessment tools in Uruguay, emphasizing the importance of measuring key components of primary care such as first contact care, comprehensive care, and cultural competence. It presents training results and scores for various primary care attributes, indicating areas of strength and opportunities for improvement. Ultimately, the assessment is shown to foster new capacity in primary care research and encourage organizational reflection within health services.
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- 1. Applying Primary Care AssessmentTools in Uruguay Miguel Pizzanelli, Jacqueline Ponzo
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- 4. Applying Primary Care AssessmentTools in Uruguay UR-PCAT-PE / provider extended version 2011.
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- 6. Primary care isnow well understood as the basis for rational health systems. Its components are well known. A major challenge has been to translate the broad concepts into characteristics that can be measured. These concepts include first contact care, person-focused care over time, comprehensiveness, and coordination, as well as the three related aspects of community orientation, family- centeredness, and cultural competence.
- 7. Barbara Starfield andJames Macinko in Uruguay, November 2010
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- 10. Results Scores obtained ineach attribute of Primary Care (scale from 1 to 10. Acceptable 6.6) Acces / First Contact 4.9 Longitudinality / Ongoing Care 7.6 Coordination 7.6 Coordination / Information Systems 6.1 Comprehesiveness 8.5 Family Centeredness 8.2 Community Orientation 6.4 Culturally Competent 4.9
- 11. Conclusions • This processwill promote new capacity in primary care research • UR PCAT PE was effective to assess primary care • Encouraged reflection on practice and the organization of the health service.
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