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Emergent themes in the sustainability of primary health care innovation
Author(s) -
Sibthorpe Beverly M,
Glasgow Nicholas J,
Wells Robert W
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb07185.x
Subject(s) - sustainability , workforce , politics , primary care , business , health care , public relations , political science , economic growth , nursing , economics , medicine , family medicine , ecology , law , biology
A synthesis of the findings of the five studies of sustainability of primary health care innovation across six domains ( political, institutional, financial, economic, client and workforce ) yielded three main themes. These were: ➢ the importance of social relationships, networks and champions; ➢ the effect of political, financial and societal forces; and ➢ the motivation and capacity of agents within the system. The need for routine assessment of the sustainability of primary health care innovations is discussed. Given the dearth of literature on the sustainability of primary health care innovation, there is potential to develop a program of research directed towards a future synthesis of evidence.