BMC Primary Care

As of the 1st of January 2022, BMC Family Practice has been re-launched as BMC Primary Care. The journal continues to welcome articles on all aspects of primary health care research. By changing our title, we aim to better reflect our aims and scope to an international audience and in turn offer a better service to our authors. For more information, please see our FAQs page.

Latest collections open to submissions

NEW: Physiotherapists as first contact practitioners

Guest Edited by Jordan Miller and Andrews K. Tawiah

NEW: Advancing health equity through implementation science

Guest Edited by Fitriana Murriya Ekawati, Dorothy Lall and Gritt Overbeck

NEW: Digital primary care

Guest Edited by Anna De Simoni, Pramendra Prasad Gupta, Wenhua Wang and Apichai Wattanapisit

Primary care research in underrepresented populations

Guest Edited by Adelson Guaraci Jantsch and Asvini Kokila Subasinghe

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Editor's picks

Conceptual image depicting paper people chain with question marks on vacant positions

How do people with multimorbidity prioritise healthcare when faced with tighter financial constraints? A national survey with a choice experiment component

Medical practitioner explaining kidney health to a patient using model of kidney

Chronic kidney disease in older adults: challenges and opportunities for the primary care provider

How do patients, medical assistants and physicians accept and experience tablet-based cognitive testing by medical assistants in general practice? - A qualitative study

Authors: Kristin Rolke, Carolin Rosendahl, Klaus Weckbecker, Alexander Hanke, Michael Wagner, Leon Nissen, Lara Marie Reimer, Stephan Jonas, Philipp Schaper, Jochen René Thyrian, Florian Schweizer and Judith Tillmann

Content type: Research 17 May 2025
Team climate, job satisfaction, burnout and practice performance: results of a national survey of staff in general practices in England

Authors: Peter Williams, Heather Gage, Bridget Jones, Carole Aspden, Jessica Smylie, Thomas Bird, Morro M. L. Touray, Phelim Brady, John Campbell, Rupa Chilvers, Catherine Marchand, Stephen Peckham, Suzanne H. Richards, Karen Spilsbury, Mark Joy and Simon de Lusignan

Content type: Research 17 May 2025
Impact of a continuing medical education program on primary care providers - an analysis of a child psychiatry education program in Saskatchewan

Authors: Malin Clark, Madhav Sarda, Mariam Alaverdashvili, Thuy Le, Adrian Teare, James Barton, Peter S. Jensen and Anna Felstrom

Content type: Research 16 May 2025
The influence of professional identification and organizational incentives on turnover intentions: a hierarchical linear model in Beijing’s family doctors

Authors: Ziyan Zhai, Chengsen Cui and Kai Meng

Content type: Research 16 May 2025
Assessing the implementation and impact of a social prescribing protocol in primary care

Authors: Marina Pola-Garcia, Natalia Enríquez Martín, Alberto Turón Lanuza, Fátima Méndez-López, Ángel Gasch-Gallén, María Luz Lou Alcaine and Carmén Belén Benedé Azagra

Content type: Research 16 May 2025

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Identification of adults with symptoms suggestive of obstructive airways disease: Validation of a postal respiratory questionnaire

Authors: Timothy L Frank, Peter I Frank, Jennifer A Cropper, Michelle L Hazell, Philip C Hannaford, Roseanne R McNamee, Sybil Hirsch and Charles AC Pickering

Content type: Research article 25 April 2003
High serum alkaline phosphatase levels, a study in 181 Thai adult hospitalized patients

Authors: Viroj Wiwanitkit

Content type: Research article 24 August 2001
Enablers and barriers of community health programs for improved equity and universal coverage of primary health care services: A scoping review

Authors: Resham B Khatri, Aklilu Endalamaw, Daniel Erku, Eskinder Wolka, Frehiwot Nigatu, Anteneh Zewdie and Yibeltal Assefa

Content type: Research 29 October 2024
A systematic review of chronic disease management interventions in primary care

Authors: Rebecca Reynolds, Sarah Dennis, Iqbal Hasan, Jan Slewa, Winnie Chen, David Tian, Sangeetha Bobba and Nicholas Zwar

Content type: Research article 9 January 2018
The Single Item Literacy Screener: Evaluation of a brief instrument to identify limited reading ability

Authors: Nancy S Morris, Charles D MacLean, Lisa D Chew and Benjamin Littenberg

Content type: Research article 24 March 2006

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BMC Primary Care, previously known as BMC Family Practice, is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of primary health care research. The journal has a special focus on clinical practice and decision-making, continuing professional education, eHealth, health services research in primary care settings, and health promotion.

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Latest collections open to submissions

NEW: Physiotherapists as first contact practitioners

NEW: Advancing health equity through implementation science

NEW: Digital primary care

Primary care research in underrepresented populations

Editor's picks

How do people with multimorbidity prioritise healthcare when faced with tighter financial constraints? A national survey with a choice experiment component

Chronic kidney disease in older adults: challenges and opportunities for the primary care provider

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How do patients, medical assistants and physicians accept and experience tablet-based cognitive testing by medical assistants in general practice? - A qualitative study

Team climate, job satisfaction, burnout and practice performance: results of a national survey of staff in general practices in England

Impact of a continuing medical education program on primary care providers - an analysis of a child psychiatry education program in Saskatchewan

The influence of professional identification and organizational incentives on turnover intentions: a hierarchical linear model in Beijing’s family doctors

Assessing the implementation and impact of a social prescribing protocol in primary care

Identification of adults with symptoms suggestive of obstructive airways disease: Validation of a postal respiratory questionnaire

High serum alkaline phosphatase levels, a study in 181 Thai adult hospitalized patients

Enablers and barriers of community health programs for improved equity and universal coverage of primary health care services: A scoping review

A systematic review of chronic disease management interventions in primary care

The Single Item Literacy Screener: Evaluation of a brief instrument to identify limited reading ability

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