Advancing primary care in france and the United States: parallel opportunities and barriers.

J Prim Care Community Health

Professor of Health Policy and Management and Social Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

Published: July 2012

AI Article Synopsis

  • Primary care is essential for enhancing health care systems worldwide.
  • France and the U.S. both rank low in primary care orientation but have crafted distinct strategies toward improving their primary care frameworks.
  • Despite their efforts, both countries encounter comparable challenges in executing primary care initiatives.

Article Abstract

Primary care has been identified as key to improving health care delivery systems across the globe. France and the United States have been ranked low on scales of primary care orientation. However, each nation has developed significant approaches to structuring primary care and organizing primary care-focused systems. This article reviews those efforts and finds that both nations face similar barriers to implementing many primary care initiatives.

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