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Table 2 Key strategies identified to improve access to PHC services in rural communities

From: What improves access to primary healthcare services in rural communities? A systematic review

Key strategies

References

Community health programs or community-directed healthcare interventions

[16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39]

School-based primary healthcare

[40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48]

Student-led healthcare services

[49,50,51,52,53]

Outreach services or mobile clinics

[54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71]

Family health program

[72,73,74,75]

Empanelment

[76,77,78,79]

Community health funding schemes

[80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90]

Telemedicine

[91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103]

Integrative medicine

[104,105,106,107,108,109,110]

Working with non-profit private sectors and non-governmental organizations

[111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125]