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Primary care performance in a Ugandan rural district: a cross-sectional descriptive study.
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- Writing for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD): A guide to developing a strong and coherent thesis.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2025Article
- How to measure the core functions of primary care in low-income and middle-income country settings.BMJ global health · 2025Review
- Core functions of primary care in Amathole District, South Africa: a descriptive study.BJGP open · 2025Article
- Thirty-five years of family medicine training and development in Uganda.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2025Article
- Improving the core functions of primary care in a Ugandan rural district.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo strengthen primary health care (PHC), there is a need to measure its performance. Global recommendations emphasise patient involvement in the improvement of services.
aimTo measure primary care performance in one rural Ugandan district. DESIGN &
settingA cross-sectional survey of Tororo District where the Ugandan Primary Care Assessment Tool (UG-PCAT) was administered across a sample of 51 facilities. There were four levels of health facilities (health centre [HC] II, HC III, HC IV, and general hospital).
methodA sample of 488 users was obtained from each of the four levels while including all primary care providers and managers at the health facilities. Data were collected in REDCap software, and analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (version 23).
resultsOnly 35.1% of users had a strong affiliation with their PHC facility. Overall, the primary care score suggested that performance was acceptable to the majority of users (58.9% rating performance at least acceptable). Ongoing care was rated by users as very poor (<25% of people rating it at least acceptable). Comprehensiveness (services available) was rated poor by users (
conclusionPrimary care performance in the study district was suboptimal. The UG-PCAT identified primary care functions that needed improving and may be a useful tool to measure PHC performance across the region.
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