Peckham Stephen, Hutchison Brian
Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent.
Healthc Policy. 2012 Nov;8(2):56-70.
The performance of Canada's primary care sector remains lacklustre relative to other wealthy industrialized countries, and it has been suggested that a lack of investment in research and evaluation may be a cause. One approach to improving and sustaining primary care research is through research networks. Over the past few years, significant investments have begun to be made in developing primary care networks in Canada. While Canadian experience in this area is relatively new, in the United Kingdom primary care research networks were first established in the 1980s. Initially developed at a local level, these have more recently been incorporated into large-scale national networks. This paper reviews the UK experience and highlights potential lessons for the development of networks in Canada.
与其他富裕的工业化国家相比，加拿大初级医疗保健部门的表现依然平淡，有人认为研究和评估方面缺乏投资可能是一个原因。改善和维持初级医疗保健研究的一种方法是通过研究网络。在过去几年里，加拿大已开始在发展初级医疗保健网络方面投入大量资金。虽然加拿大在这一领域的经验相对较新，但英国在20世纪80年代就首次建立了初级医疗保健研究网络。这些网络最初是在地方层面发展起来的，最近已被纳入大规模的国家网络。本文回顾了英国的经验，并强调了对加拿大网络发展的潜在借鉴意义。
