RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Primary Health Care As a Common Good
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP S15
OP S20
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230430R1
VO 37
IS Supplement1
A1 Etz, Rebecca S.
A1 Stange, Kurt C.
YR 2024
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/37/Supplement1/S15.abstract
AB Growing 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.