TY - JOUR T1 - Establishment of a Representative Practice-based Research Network (PBRN) for the Monitoring of Primary Care in Switzerland JF - The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine JO - J Am Board Fam Med SP - 673 LP - 675 DO - 10.3122/jabfm.2015.05.150110 VL - 28 IS - 5 AU - Kevin Selby AU - Jacques Cornuz AU - Nicolas Senn Y1 - 2015/09/01 UR - http://www.jabfm.org/content/28/5/673.abstract N2 - 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. ER -