Patient-reported access to primary care in Ontario: Effect of organizational characteristics

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Muggah, Elizabeth ^a   Hogg, William ^b,c   Dahrouge, Simone ^a,b   Russell, Grant ^d   Kristjansson, Elizabeth ^b   Muldoon, Laura ^a,e   Devlin, Rose Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Somerset West Community Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCORING SYSTEM; TELEPHONE;

CAPITATION FEE; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; ONTARIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84893091750     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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