Main description:

Key features:

Evidence-based - summarises the evidence about the effect of primary health care on mortality.

Structured guidance - presents a framework of 23 mechanisms responsible for this effect, including funding, staffing, the clinical method and the therapeutic relationship, that can be used by both practitioners and policymakers to develop services.

International perspective - the mechanisms by which primary health care affects population mortality apply worldwide.

Contents:

Hard times
From certificates to statistics
Variations in population mortality and some things that influence them
Primary health care and population mortality in low-, middle and high-income countries
Communicable diseases
Non-communicable diseases 1: cardiovascular disease and cancer
Non-communicable diseases 2: respiratory disorders and mental health
Organisational features of primary health care
The patient - professional relationship
Policy and populations health management
The mechanisms framework
New ambitions for primary health care

Index