Age equity in different models of primary care practice in Ontario

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1300-1309

  Dahrouge, Simone ^a   Hogg, William ^a,b   Tuna, Meltem ^c   Russell, Grant ^d   Devlin, Rose Ann ^b   Tugwell, Peter ^b,c,e   Kristjansson, Elizabeth ^b  

^a BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE SPECIFIC CARE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROPHYLAXIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAPITATION FEE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 81855212497     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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