Table 1 Identified dimensions of PC systems

Governance of the PC system

[4, 13, 15, 16, 21, 23, 28, 36, 38, 43, 46, 51, 59, 63, 64, 68, 74, 77, 79, 82–85, 87, 96, 97]

Economic conditions of the PC system

[4, 13, 16, 18, 30, 34, 38, 44, 47, 54, 75, 84, 90, 94]

PC Workforce development

[4, 13, 16, 21, 23, 31, 36, 38, 46, 48, 49, 51, 55, 59, 72, 76, 80–83, 90]

Level: PC Process

Access to PC services

[4, 13, 16, 19, 20, 23, 25, 28, 29, 38, 43, 45, 46, 49, 53, 54, 57, 61, 65, 68, 72, 75, 78, 80, 82, 89, 91, 95]

Continuity of PC

[4, 13, 17, 19, 22, 23, 27–29, 31, 35, 37, 40, 42, 43, 45, 48, 51, 56, 60, 65–67, 69–71, 73, 80, 84, 86, 88]

Coordination of PC

[4, 13, 17, 18, 20, 24–26, 28, 31–33, 41–43, 45, 46, 48, 50, 55, 58, 65, 67, 69, 71, 74, 82, 84, 92–94]

Comprehensiveness of PC

[4, 13, 23, 28, 31, 45, 50, 51, 62, 65, 68, 71, 80, 83, 84]

Level: PC outcome

Quality of PC

[4, 13, 16, 20, 23–26, 28, 29, 32, 39, 51–54, 62, 68, 72, 75, 80, 82, 91]

Efficiency of PC

[18, 28, 29, 38, 43, 47, 54, 57, 68, 72, 75, 82, 91, 94]

Equity in health

[28, 68, 77]