The role and identity of the general practitioner (GP) in the frame of primary care
have significantly changed. The article of Livio Garattini and Anna Padula [
[1]
] compares the main traditional characteristics and recent tendencies of primary care
in the English and Italian National Health Services. Through a comparative analysis
the authors ask for more patient-centered primary care, recommending an holistic approach
to patients and full access to services. Continuing the debate opened by these authors
we emphasize once more the need to think over a person-centered model of primary care,
reporting also some considerations that emerged from a recent survey conducted by
the Social Healthcare Academy, PoliS Lombardia, Regional Institute for Policy Support.Keywords
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Published online: April 03, 2019
Accepted:
March 27,
2019
Received:
March 25,
2019
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- English and Italian national health services: Time for more patient-centered primary care?European Journal of Internal MedicineVol. 57
- PreviewPrimary care is the first level of contact for people to meet their health needs, so its functioning is crucial for a health care system [1]. Broadly, primary care can include a wide range of services, which vary considerably from a country to another, depending on their wealth and type of health care system.
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