What next for the polyclinic? New models of primary health care are required in many former Soviet Union countries
Highlights • The Semashko polyclinic model has lost strengths due to excessive specialization. • Solo and group PHC practices are no longer suitable to manage multimorbidity. • A new ‘extended general practice’ reorients the health system towards PHC. • Restructuring polyclinics is possible by trans...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-08-01
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| Series: | BMC Primary Care |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-022-01812-w |
| Summary: | Highlights • The Semashko polyclinic model has lost strengths due to excessive specialization. • Solo and group PHC practices are no longer suitable to manage multimorbidity. • A new ‘extended general practice’ reorients the health system towards PHC. • Restructuring polyclinics is possible by transforming them into outpatient specialty units of hospital structures. |
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| ISSN: | 2731-4553 |