Developing Tailored Program Proposals for Occupational Therapy in Primary Care

摘要

Over the past several decades, the health care system in the United States has struggled with highcosts and fragmented care. In 2010, the Affordable Care Act was passed in an effort to provide moreAmericans with insurance coverage and to improve the delivery of primary care (PC). The term primarycare is an umbrella term that includes many different practice types, such as family practice, internalmedicine, pediatrics, and more. In their 2010 study, Margolius and Bodenheimer recommendeddiversification of the PC team to include other health professionals and a redistribution of responsibilityof patient care to those team members, with the physicians focusing on patients who require a “highlevel of expertise” .