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Jan. 24, 2023 Africa Publication
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Adaptation and validation of the Ugandan Primary Care Assessment Tool

Health systems based on primary health care (PHC) have better outcomes at lower cost. Such health systems need regular performance assessment for quality improvement and maintenance. In many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), there are no electronic databases for routine monitoring. There is an urgent need for valid and reliable tools to measure PHC performance.
This study aimed to adapt and validate the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCAT) in the Ugandan context.
 
The South African Primary Care Assessment Tool (ZA PCAT) was adapted and validated with an additional domain on person-centredness to measure primary care performance in the Ugandan context, and can now be used to measure the quality of core functions of primary care in Uganda.

comprehensiveness, continuity, coordination, person-centredness., primary care, primary care assessment tool, primary health care, primary health care performance