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The relationship between avoidable hospitalization and accessibility to primary care: a systematic review

Author(s) -

Aldo Rosano,

Christian Abo Loha,

Roberto Falvo,

Jouke van der Zee,

Walter Ricciardi,

Gabriella Guasticchi,

Antonio Giulio de Belvis

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

european journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056

H-Index - 91

eISSN - 1464-360X

pISSN - 1101-1262

DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/cks053

Subject(s) - medicine , primary care , primary health care , ambulatory care , environmental health , quality (philosophy) , ambulatory , family medicine , health care , demography , population , sociology , economics , philosophy , epistemology , economic growth

Avoidable hospitalization (AH) has been widely studied as a possible measure of the performance of primary health care (PHC). However, studies examining the relationship between the efficiency and quality of PHC and AH have found mixed results. Our study aims at highlighting those factors related to the relationship between AH and accessibility to PHC in different countries.

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