A "Shock Test" to Primary Care Integration: COVID-19 Lessons from Alberta.
Journal
Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante
ISSN: 1715-6580
Titre abrégé: Healthc Policy
Pays: Canada
ID NLM: 101280107
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 2021
11 2021
Historique:
entrez:
13
12
2021
pubmed:
14
12
2021
medline:
21
12
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed primary care (PC), and policies aimed at integrating it into provincial health systems, to a "shock test." This paper draws on documentary analysis and qualitative interviews with PC and health system stakeholders to examine shifts in Alberta's pre-pandemic PC integration model during the first nine months of the pandemic. We begin with an account of three elements of the province's pre-pandemic model: finance, health authority activity and community activity. We describe these elements as they shifted, focusing on two indicators of change: novel virtual care billing codes and personal protective equipment (PPE) distribution channels. We draw out policy planning lessons for improving PC integration under normal and future pandemic conditions, namely, by facilitating rapid updates of virtual care billing codes, analyses of the impact of care delivery and backstopping of PPE markets and supply chains for PC.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34895409
pii: hcpol.2021.26658
doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2021.26658
pmc: PMC8665727
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
38-53Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 Longwoods Publishing.
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