TY - JOUR T1 - Public health and primary care: Transforming the U.S. health system JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 3 LP - 3 VL - 41 IS - 5 AU - Linda Rae Murray Y1 - 2011/07/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/41/5/3.1.abstract N2 - In the United States, primary care remains a medical model. This is in contrast to much of the world, where the 1978 Declaration of Alma-Ata — which recognized that attaining health for all also requires interaction from social and economic sectors — is considered standard. Today, there is much buzz about patient-centered medical homes, a concept that promises to transform the practice of American medicine. ER -