Delivery of primary health care to persons who are socio-economically disadvantaged: Does the organizational delivery model matter?

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Dahrouge, Simone ^a,b,c   Hogg, William ^a,b,c   Ward, Natalie ^b,c   Tuna, Meltem ^d   Devlin, Rose Anne ^c   Kristjansson, Elizabeth ^c   Tugwell, Peter ^c,d,e   Pottie, Kevin ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health equity; Organizational models; Physician remuneration; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ONTARIO; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84890283652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-517     Document Type: Article

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