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PHCPI Launches New Digital Report: “If Health Systems Could Talk: Illuminating the Vital Signs of Strong Primary Health Care”

New digital report shares insights from the process of creating the first 23 Vital Signs Profiles – PHCPI’s signature measurement tool – and set the scene for the next chapter of PHCPI’s work.

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Exemplars in Global Health: Costa Rica’s health success due to PHC – not because it’s a ‘crazy, magical place’

Exemplars in Global Health talk with Hannah Ratcliffe, Ariadne Labs’ former associate director of research for PHC, and Dr. Madeline Pesec, a PHC research assistant at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, about their research on the Costa Rican system and what lessons it could hold for other countries.

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Making Sense of New Approaches to Primary Care Delivery: A Typology of Innovations in Primary Care

Dr. Asaf Bitton co-authors a commentary in NEJM Catalyst on a new typology of primary care delivery innovations in the U.S. to spark meaningful discussion among stakeholders and policy makers on their impact, ramifications, and value

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Continuity in primary care: a critical but neglected component for achieving high-quality universal health coverage
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The 5S-5M-5C schematic: transforming primary care inputs to outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries
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Does quality influence utilization of primary health care? Evidence from Haiti
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Prevalence and factors associated with burnout among frontline primary health care providers in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review
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The Importance of Primary Care
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The Costa Rica model: high-quality affordable primary health care for all

As countries work toward universal health coverage, Costa Rica offers a successful model of bringing higher quality, more affordable primary health care to those who need it. The Ariadne Labs Primary Health Care team has provided new insight into how Costa Rica’s health system became a model for the world in a new report, “Building… Continue reading The Costa Rica model: high-quality affordable primary health care for all

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The Risks to Patient Safety From Health System Expansions
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Better Measurement for Performance Improvement in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The Primary Health Care Performance Initiative (PHCPI) Experience of Conceptual Framework Development and Indicator Selection
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Building a Thriving Primary Health Care System: The Story of Costa Rica