Moving forward after the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned in primary care from the multi-country PRICOV-19 study ...

• Main Authors: Willems, Sara, Bussche, Pierre Vanden, Van Poel, Esther, Collins, Claire, Klemenc-Ketis, Zalika
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2024
• Subjects: Biotechnology; Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; Ecology; FOS Biological sciences; Sociology; FOS Sociology; Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Science Policy; Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.25499177; https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Moving_forward_after_the_COVID-19_pandemic_Lessons_learned_in_primary_care_from_the_multi-country_PRICOV-19_study/25499177

The COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated the indispensable role of primary care. Objectives: Recognising this, the PRICOV-19 study investigated how 5,489 GP practices across 38 countries (Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo*, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Republic of Moldova, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and United Kingdom) adapted their care delivery during the pandemic. Based on a series of discussions on the results of the PRICOV-19 study group, eight recommendations to enhance primary care’s preparedness for future crises were formulated and endorsed by EQuiP and WONCA Europe. The recommendations underscore the importance of recognising and sustaining the substantial strides made in patient safety within GP practices during the pandemic in current daily ...