PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kevin Selby
AU  - Jacques Cornuz
AU  - Nicolas Senn
TI  - Establishment of a Representative Practice-based Research Network (PBRN) for the Monitoring of Primary Care in Switzerland
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2015.05.150110
DP  - 2015 Sep 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 673--675
VI  - 28
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/28/5/673.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/28/5/673.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2015 Sep 01; 28
AB  - Data are urgently needed to better understand processes of care in Swiss primary care (PC). A total of 2027 PC physicians, stratified by canton, were invited to participate in the Swiss Primary care Active Monitoring network, of whom 200 accepted to join. There were no significant differences between participants and a random sample drawn from the same physician databases based on sex, year of obtaining medical school diploma, or location. The Swiss Primary care Active Monitoring network represents the first large-scale, nationally representative practice-based research network in Switzerland and will provide a unique opportunity to better understand the functioning of Swiss PC.