ArticleAnnals of family medicine2020
COVID-19: Notes From the Front Line, Singapore's Primary Health Care Perspective.
Article in Annals of family medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Systematic review of experiences and perceptions of key actors and organisations at multiple levels within health systems internationally in responding to COVID-19.Implementation science : IS · 2021Pooled it
- From disruption to recovery: Trends in acute condition attendances at Western Singapore polyclinics during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of triage at primary care ambulatory clinics for early detection and segregation of COVID-19-infected patients.Singapore medical journal · 2026Article
- A Scoping Review of Factors Affecting COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake and Deployment in Global Healthcare Systems.Vaccines · 2024Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with burnout among primary health-care workers in China during COVID-19: a national survey.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- Modelling efficiency in primary healthcare using the DEA methodology: an empirical analysis in a healthcare district.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Addressing Hospital Overwhelm During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Using a Primary Health Care-Based Integrated Health System: Modeling Study.JMIR medical informatics · 2024Article
- Integrating COVID-19 Vaccination in Primary Care Service Delivery: Insights From Implementation Research in the Philippines.Global health, science and practice · 2024Article
- Article
- Iranian primary healthcare system's response to the COVID-19 pandemic using the healthcare incident command system.PloS one · 2023Article
- Article
- Pandemic Responsiveness in an Acute Care Setting: A Community Hospital's Utilization of Operational Resources During COVID-19.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2022Article
- Nursing Home's Measures during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Critical Reflection.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- COVID-19's impact on primary care and related mitigation strategies: A scoping review.The European journal of general practice · 2021Article
- Article
- A three-layer system to win the war against COVID-19 and invest in health systems of the future.BMJ global health · 2021Article
- Lessons for the global primary care response to COVID-19: a rapid review of evidence from past epidemics.Family practice · 2021Review
- Reliability of COVID-19 symptom checkers as national triage tools: an international case comparison study.BMJ health & care informatics · 2021Article
- Innovation in primary health care responses to COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa.Primary health care research & development · 2021Article
- Restricted access to the NHS during the COVID-19 pandemic: Is it time to move away from the rationed clinical response?The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2021Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a rapidly progressing global pandemic against which nations are struggling for containment. Singapore is known to have promptly instituted aggressive public health and containment measures. A key pillar sustaining this is the response of its primary health care network. It is important for health care systems worldwide to recognize the value of a strong coordinated response to this crisis from a primary health perspective. There are best practices for early isolation and containment of suspect cases while protecting health care workers and limiting cross infections that are transferable across nations. We describe our framework for how our primary care clinics respond to this pandemic in the hope others may find solutions to their unique needs. Moving forward, there is a pressing need for more studies to enhance our understanding of the response of primary care during these public health crises.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.