Organisation of primary health care in the Asia-Pacific region: developing a prioritised research agenda

Palagyi, Anna; Dodd, Rebecca; Jan, Stephen; Nambiar, Devaki; Joshi, Rohina; Tian, Maoyi; Abimbola, Seye; Peiris, David

PHASe I: evIdenCe mAPPIng And gAP AnAlySIS Conceptual framework We developed a framework of PHC system inputs and outcomes as the structural basis for our evidence mapping (figure 1). The framework was derived from elements of the Primary Health Care Performance Initiative (PHCPI) Conceptual Framework of High Functioning PHC Systems, 14 the WHO's health system building blocks, 15 the Chronic Care Model, 16 recently published evidence of primary care models for NCDs in LMIC settings 17 and the delivery system domains proposed by Lewin et al. 18 We defined PHC system outcome categories as those health system attributes underpinning the principles of UHC: quality, coverage, efficiency, responsiveness and equity. [19] [20] [21] evidence review and mapping Detailed methods for the systematic evidence review have been described elsewhere. 22 A final set of 111 articles were included in the review, including 21 reviews (9 Cochrane, 5 other systematic and 7 non-systematic reviews), 12 grey literature publications and 78 peer-reviewed original research studies (online supplementary file 1). The geographic distribution of included literature is displayed in online supplementary file 2.