PRIM HEALTH CARE SERV

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The overall goal of the Primary Health Care (PHC) Services Project is to improve the access to and quality of primary health care within the two provinces (Eskisehir and Bilecik) and to serve as the basis for extending the primary health care reforms nationwide. The specific objectives of the project are: (i) to develop a PHC system based on the family physician and an effective referral system supported by financial incentives and improved infrastructure; (ii) to evaluate the developed PHC system for nationwide replication; and (iii) to develop a capacity for health economic analysis within the Ministry of Health. The project consists of the following three components: 1) improvement of PHC services, which will include development of family physician and referral system; family physician training; PHC infrastructure upgrading; and PHC services information system; 2) monitoring and evaluation, comprising monitoring, evaluation and project management; and 3) institutional capacity development - health economic analysis.