• J Am Board Fam Med · Nov 2024

    Primary Health Care As a Common Good.

    • Rebecca S Etz and Kurt C Stange.
    • From the Larry A. Green Center - Advancing Primary Health Care for the Public Good, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (RSE); Center for Community Health Integration, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (KCS).
    • J Am Board Fam Med. 2024 Nov 1; 37 (Supplement1): S15S20S15-S20.

    AbstractGrowing commodification of health care has resulted in a system that is impersonal, fragmented, and inequitable. A potential antidote to this poisonous situation is to understand and treat primary health care as a common good. Common goods are resources supported as essential to the wellbeing of all. They can be actualized through a Collective Impact approach of a developing a common agenda, shared measurement systems, mutually reinforcing activities, continuous communication, and backbone support organizations. Investing in primary health care as a common good, with investments in primary medical care spending, support, and workforce development, complemented by integrated support of public health and social drivers of health, can launch a transitional period that moves US health care toward greater accessibility, effectiveness, equity, and sustainability.© Copyright 2024 by the American Board of Family Medicine.

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