The four primary care (PC) core functions (the ‘4Cs’)

The four primary care (PC) core functions (the ‘4Cs’, ie, first contact, comprehensiveness, coordination and continuity) are essential for good quality primary healthcare and their achievement leads to lower costs, less inequality and better population health. However, their broad definitions have led to variations in their assessment, in the innovations implemented to improve these functions and ultimately in their performance.

Conclusion:

Providing clear, well-defined operational elements for these 4Cs to measure their achievement and improve the way they function, and identifying the complex network of interactions among them, should contribute to the field in a way that supports efforts at practice innovation to optimise the processes and outcomes in PC.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/primary-health-care-research-and-development/article/revisiting-the-four-core-functions-4cs-of-primary-care-operational-definitions-and-complexities/65D55DA15CCF9ADD35CB42B5C06016F0