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. 2023 Oct 2;23:1054. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09998-0

Table 3.

Main findings

Building block Main themes
Service delivery

• maintaining access to and continuity of care

• practical implementation of infection control measures

• additional medical and non-medical tasks

• compromised patient-physician relationship

Human resources

• shortage of primary care providers

• increased workload of primary care providers

• education and training of primary care providers

Physical resources • lack of personal protective equipment (PPE)
Information and research

• content, timeliness and applicability of administrative guidelines

• availability of up-to-date clinical information

• information provision by authorities and stakeholders

Governance and leadership

• focus of pandemic response measures on hospitals

• involvement in primary care policy making

• weakly developed primary care system

Financing no themes emerged