[P6] Plenary Session 6
"Research"
Scaling-up Regional Comparative Outcome Studies on Countries’ Health Systems and Primary Care Status

[P6-1] Scaling-up regional comparative outcome studies on countries’ health systems and primary care status.

^○Chris van Weel^1,2 (1.Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2.Australian National University, Department of Health Systems Research and Policy)

Chris van Weel graduated (Leiden University) 1973, full time FP in the Ommoord community health centre in Rotterdam 1973- 1985. PhD Erasmus University, Rotterdam, 1981 on a practice based study of prevention.
From 1985 – 2012 professor of family medicine Radboud University Nijmegen, and head of department. Since 2013 affiliated with the Australian National University, as professor of primary health care research, currently in an honorary appointment.
President of WONCA 2007 – 2010, after serving as chair of the WONCA WP research 1984 – 1998, and European president 1998 - 2001.
Research focusses on primary care morbidity, multi-morbidity, long-term outcome of chronic illness, using the Nijmegen Continuous Morbidity Registration family practices netOPrk.

Founder EU Erasmus programme ‘Primary Health Care’ for primary care attachments and research electives to medical students from 15 countries.

Co-founder (1995) the Netherlands School of Primary Care Research (CaRe), currently member of its Board of Governors.