Does better access to FPs decrease the likelihood of emergency department use? Results from the Primary Care Access Survey

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Mian, Oxana ^a   Pong, Raymond ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EDUCATION OF INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONTARIO; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870019644     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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