PRIMASYS: Comprehensive case study from Mexico
11 June 2017
| Country report
Overview
The general objective of this case study is to analyse the structure, processes and outcomes of the Mexican primary care system in order to draw cross-cutting lessons and to better understand the determinants of its key successes and failures. The specific objectives of the case study are: to summarize key aspects of the structures, processes and outcomes of the country’s primary care system that reflect their performance in the areas of service organization, governance, human resources and financing; to elaborate specific pathways that have contributed to notable successes or failures in the country’s primary care system; and to promote learning among relevant stakeholders in order to motivate policy change.
This case study was developed by the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, an international partnership hosted by the World Health Organization, as part of the Primary Health Care Systems (PRIMASYS) initiative. PRIMASYS is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and aims to advance the science of primary health care in low- and middle-income countries in order to support efforts to strengthen primary health care systems and improve the implementation, effectiveness and efficiency of primary health care interventions worldwide. The PRIMASYS case studies cover key aspects of primary health care systems, including policy development and implementation, financing, integration of primary health care into comprehensive health systems, scope, quality and coverage of care, governance and organization, and monitoring and evaluation of system performance. The Alliance has developed full and abridged versions of the 20 PRIMASYS case studies. The abridged version provides an overview of the primary health care system, tailored to a primary audience of policy-makers and global health stakeholders interested in understanding the key entry points to strengthen primary health care systems. The comprehensive case study provides an in-depth assessment of the system for an audience of researchers and stakeholders who wish to gain deeper insight into the determinants and performance of primary health care systems in selected low- and middle-income countries.
WHO Team
Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research SCI
Number of pages
48
Reference numbers
WHO Reference Number: WHO/HIS/HSR/17.26
Copyright
World Health Organization 2017