ArticlePrimary health care research & development2025
Measuring the strength of primary care: development of a new system of Structural Indicators for the Strength of Primary Care - SiSPC.
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aimThe aim of this study was to develop an up-to-date system of Structural Indicators for the Strength of Primary Care (SiSPC) to enable comparisons of primary care systems across countries.
backgroundIndicators are needed for international research into the development of primary care and to support countries in monitoring improvements in access, responsiveness and efficiency of their primary care services. International comparisons with use of identical indicators for the strength of primary care offer policymakers opportunities to learn lessons from abroad.
methodsOur point of departure was the Primary Health Care Activity Monitor Europe (PHAMEU), that effectively measured the strength of primary care at the beginning of this century. We went through the following steps: (1) Reduction, refining and tuning of the PHAMEU indicator system (2) comparison with the European Primary Health Care, Impact, Performance and Capacity Tool (PHC-IMPACT) (3) addition of topics from other frameworks (4) identification of topical issues from the literature. The resulting draft indicator system was discussed at meetings and received feedback from experts from 25 countries.
findingsSiSPC consists of three care-related domains: Structure of Primary Care, Systemic Aspects of Facility Management and Systemic Aspects of Care Delivery. SiSPC also contains a domain on the Context of Primary Care. Care processes that vary between care providers, were not included as a domain at the system level.
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