Incentives and barriers to adopting the family doctor model in Hong Kong : an in-depth qualitative study of the views, knowledge, and attitudes of patients
Effective primary health care is essential for a high-quality, equitable, and cost-effective health care system.1 The increasing prevalence of chronic health conditions and the ageing of the population are important drivers for the development of more effective primary care services. ::: ::: In Hong Kong, recent health care reform proposals by the government emphasise the need for an effective primary care system, especially for chronic disease and preventive care. The family doctor model has been put forward as a ::: possible solution. ::: ::: The aim of the present study was to explore the incentives and barriers to adopting the family doctor model in Hong Kong from the viewpoint of patients with chronic disease. We focused on patients with chronic diseases, because of ::: their significant need and demand on health care services.
NHS managers have called for a major overhaul of plans to reform the NHS in their response to the government’s listening exercise. ::: ::: The NHS Confederation, which represents health service managers, said in its submission to the NHS Future Forum, which is conducting the listening exercise, that reform of the NHS was needed. It added, however, that the government had not made the case for such major change and that reforms were not sufficiently focused on the difficulties facing the NHS such as the financial squeeze, variability in standards of care, …