Person-Centered Primary Care Measure
Developed by the Larry A. Green Center, the PCPCM is an assessment tool for person-centered primary care. Protected by copyright through both publication and the Creative Commons, all licensing requests are managed through our official partner — Smart Measures.
PCPCM
The Person-Centered Primary Care Measure is an 11-item patient-reported measure that assesses primary care aspects rarely captured yet thought responsible for primary care effects on population health, equity, quality, and sustainable expenditures.
These include: accessibility, comprehensiveness, integration, coordination, relationship, advocacy, family and community context, goal-oriented care, and disease, illness, and prevention management.
A New Comprehensive Measure of High-Value Aspects of Primary Care, published in the Annals of Family Medicine, explains the process taken to develop the PCPCM, as well as its reliability and validity.
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Starfield Summit III
Meaningful Measures for Primary Care was a working conference held October 4-6, 2017 in Washington, DC that brought together a small, powerful collective of experts and stakeholders with the goal to:
Begin/evolve a set of key criteria to inform measure development
Revise/refine a framework for primary care measures based on what matters most
Consider/advance a set of essential primary care measures
Funded by
Family Medicine for America’s Health
CMS and NQF endorseD
Publications
Measuring What Matters in Primary Care: The Person-Centered Primary Care Measure
Published in Family Practice Management by the AAFP, this infographic concisely explains the tool, how to use it, and its relationship to other patient reported measures.
A New Comprehensive Measure of High-Value Aspects of Primary Care
Published in the Annals of Family Medicine, this article explains the process taken to develop the PCPCM, as well as its reliability and validity.
Person-Centered Primary Care Measure - Executive Summary
This is a one page summary outlining the PCPCM’s statistical validity and 11 constructs.
Developing Measures to Capture the True Value of Primary Care
Published in the British Journal of General Practice, this article outlines a number of conceptual frameworks developed to monitor performance of primary care in health systems
Core Principles to Improve Primary Care Quality Management
Published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, this article assesses the state of quality management in primary care
Measuring Primary Care Across 35 OECD Countries
Published in the Annals of Family Medicine, this research assesses the psychometric properties and scores of the PCPCM in 28 languages and 35 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries
Simple Rules That Guide Generalist and Specialist Care
Published in Family Medicine, this article discusses three simple rules describing the generalist approach:
(1) Recognize a broad range of problems/opportunities;
(2) Prioritize attention and action with the intent of promoting health, healing, and connection; and
(3) Personalize care based on the particulars of the individual or family in their local context.
PCPCM Translations
Click here for a simple PDF containing only the English version of the 11-item patient-reported measure itself. It can also be downloaded in the languages below. New languages are continually being added, contact us if you need it in another language or would like to help with its translation.