The Benefits of Primary Care

Dear Colleagues,

Primary care has long been recognized as the cornerstone of an efficient healthcare system, ensuring comprehensive health management, care coordination, and cost saving. However, when R. Horton, editor of The Lancet, challenged the medical community with his editorial “Primary Care Is Not Enough,” it prompted a renewed focus on the evidentiary support for primary care.

The impact of primary care on patient satisfaction, prevention, management of multimorbidity, cancer care, and more is well documented, yet the story is far from complete. Each day brings about new evidence of the benefits of primary care, and it is the mission of researchers, like chroniclers, to accurately record and publish their findings. As primary health care evolves, new evidence is essential.

This Special Issue, titled “The Benefits of Primary Care”, presents the perfect opportunity to publish scientific papers on all aspects of primary care. We call on researchers to join forces and contribute to the growing body of evidence supporting primary care. Submissions may include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

• Long-term patient–doctor relationships and patient satisfaction;
• Preventive care and its outcomes;
• The management of multimorbidity;
• Cancer care in primary settings;
• Innovations in primary care practice;
• Health economics of primary care;
• Policy implications and primary care reforms.

We invite you to submit your manuscripts and help enhance the evidence base of primary care. Together, we can build a stronger foundation for understanding and advancing the pivotal role of primary care in health systems worldwide.

Submission Guidelines:

• Manuscripts should be original and not under consideration elsewhere;
• Please follow the journal’s formatting and submission guidelines;
• All submissions will undergo a rigorous peer-review process.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Lina Jaruševičiene
Dr. Ausrine Kontrimiene
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Healthcare is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• primary care practice
• primary care
• primary care reforms
• long term care