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.

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Multimorbidity in Primary Care

Guest Edited by Lloyd D Hughes, Filipe Prazeres, Ingmar Schäfer, and Jean Karl Soler

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Evaluation of an electronic consultation service for transgender care

Managing COVID-19 related distress in primary care: principles of assessment and management

Comparing a ses-sensitive and an all-ses implementation strategy to improve participation rates of patients with a lower socioeconomic background in a web-based intervention for depressive complaints: a cluster randomised trial in primary care

Authors: Stephanie S. Leone, Odile Smeets, Suzanne Lokman, Brigitte Boon, Agnes van der Poel, Tessa Van Doesum, Laura Shields-Zeeman, Jeannet Kramer and Filip Smit

Content type: Research article 11 August 2022
Patterns and trends of antibacterial treatment in patients with urinary tract infections, 2015–2019: an analysis of health insurance data

Authors: Guido Schmiemann, Falk Hoffmann, Axel Hamprecht and Kathrin Jobski

Content type: Research 11 August 2022
Resilience of the primary health care system – German primary care practitioners’ perspectives during the early COVID-19 pandemic

Authors: Sandra Stengel, Catharina Roth, Amanda Breckner, Lara Cordes, Sophia Weber, Charlotte Ullrich, Frank Peters-Klimm and Michel Wensing

Content type: Research 11 August 2022
Developing and pilot testing an oral health screening tool for diabetes care providers

Authors: Ajesh George, Prakash Poudel, Ariana Kong, Amy Villarosa, Hanny Calache, Amit Arora, Rhonda Griffiths, Vincent W. Wong, Mark Gussy, Rachel E. Martin and Phyllis Lau

Content type: Research 11 August 2022
Implementing a new physiotherapist-led primary care model for low back pain: a qualitative study of patient and primary care team perspectives

Authors: Kyle Vader, Catherine Donnelly, Simon D. French, Colleen Grady, Jonathan C. Hill, Dean A. Tripp, Ashley Williams and Jordan Miller

Content type: Research 11 August 2022

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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
Evaluation of lifestyle interventions to treat elevated cardiometabolic risk in primary care (E-LITE): a randomized controlled trial

Authors: Jun Ma, Abby C King, Sandra R Wilson, Lan Xiao and Randall S Stafford

Content type: Study protocol 12 November 2009
Self-medication and non-doctor prescription practices in Pokhara valley, Western Nepal: a questionnaire-based study

Authors: PR Shankar, P Partha and N Shenoy

Content type: Research article 17 September 2002
Localised necrosis of scrotum (Fournier's gangrene) in a spinal cord injury patient – a case report

Authors: Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Bakul M Soni, Peter L Hughes, Paul Mansour, Gurpreet Singh, James Darroch and Tun Oo

Content type: Case report 5 December 2002

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Aims and scope

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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Collections open to submissions

Multimorbidity in Primary Care

Editor's picks

Evaluation of an electronic consultation service for transgender care

Managing COVID-19 related distress in primary care: principles of assessment and management

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Comparing a ses-sensitive and an all-ses implementation strategy to improve participation rates of patients with a lower socioeconomic background in a web-based intervention for depressive complaints: a cluster randomised trial in primary care

Patterns and trends of antibacterial treatment in patients with urinary tract infections, 2015–2019: an analysis of health insurance data

Resilience of the primary health care system – German primary care practitioners’ perspectives during the early COVID-19 pandemic

Developing and pilot testing an oral health screening tool for diabetes care providers

Implementing a new physiotherapist-led primary care model for low back pain: a qualitative study of patient and primary care team perspectives

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

Evaluation of lifestyle interventions to treat elevated cardiometabolic risk in primary care (E-LITE): a randomized controlled trial

Self-medication and non-doctor prescription practices in Pokhara valley, Western Nepal: a questionnaire-based study

Localised necrosis of scrotum (Fournier's gangrene) in a spinal cord injury patient – a case report

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