Ontario's primary care reforms have transformed the local care landscape, but a plan is needed for ongoing improvement

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 695-703

  Hutchison, Brian ^a   Glazier, Richard ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 84877995998     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.1087     Document Type: Article

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