Family physicians providing regular care to residents in Ontario long-term care homes: Characteristics and practice patterns

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1241-1248

  Lam, Jonathan M ^a   Anderson, Geoffrey M ^b,c,d   Austin, Peter C ^c,d   Bronskill, Susan E ^c,d,e  

^a CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; RESPONSIBILITY; URBAN AREA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84870008945     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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