Building resilience in German primary care practices: a qualitative study

In recent years, healthcare has faced many different crises around the world such as HIV-, Ebola- or H1N1-outbrakes, opioid addiction, natural disasters and terrorism attacks). In particular, the current pandemic of Covid-19 has challenged the resilience of health systems. In many healthcare systems...

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Main Authors: Litke, Nicola (Author) , Weis, Aline (Author) , Koetsenruijter, Jan (Author) , Fehrer, Valeska (Author) , Koeppen, Martina (Author) , Kuemmel, Stephanie (Author) , Szecsenyi, Joachim (Author) , Wensing, Michel (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 02 September 2022
In: BMC primary care
Year: 2022, Volume: 23, Pages: 1-14
ISSN:2731-4553
DOI:10.1186/s12875-022-01834-4
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-022-01834-4
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Author Notes:Nicola Litke, Aline Weis, Jan Koetsenruijter, Valeska Fehrer, Martina Koeppen, Stephanie Kuemmel, Joachim Szecsenyi and Michel Wensing
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Summary:In recent years, healthcare has faced many different crises around the world such as HIV-, Ebola- or H1N1-outbrakes, opioid addiction, natural disasters and terrorism attacks). In particular, the current pandemic of Covid-19 has challenged the resilience of health systems. In many healthcare systems, primary care practices play a crucial role in the management of crises as they are often the first point of contact and main health care provider for patients. Therefore, this study explored which situations are perceived as crises by primary care practice teams and potential strategies for crisis management.
Item Description:Gesehen am 24.10.2022
Physical Description:Online Resource
ISSN:2731-4553
DOI:10.1186/s12875-022-01834-4