Question

Explain the role of the primary care and its importance to the larger health care system. Cite references in your response.

Answer 1

Role of primary care:

It serves as a frontline of healthcare

It is a first point of contact

It helps to identify early signs of diseases and helps to prevent them

It involves routine healthcare checkups and thus avoid potentially serious problems in future

It helps in reducing the number of premature deaths

It helps to reduce the healthcare cost fourfolds

It helps to treat the serious illness in their early stages.

Importance to larger health care system:

It reduces the burden of physician specialists by treating the diseases in earlier stages

It increases resilience and reduces burnout in medical professionals

It improves patient outcomes

It helps the patient in cutting their healthcare costs

Reference:

Shi L. The impact of primary care: a focused review. Scientifica. 2012;2012.