An international cross-sectional survey on the Quality and Costs of Primary Care (QUALICO-PC): Recruitment and data collection of places delivering primary care across Canada

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wong, Sabrina T ^a,b   Chau, Leena W ^a   Hogg, William ^b,c,d   Teare, Gary F ^e,g,h   Miedema, Baukje ^i,j   Breton, Mylaine ^k   Aubrey Bassler, Kris ^l,m   Katz, Alan ^n,o   Burge, Fred ⁱ   Boivin, Antoine ^p   Cooke, Tim ^q   Francoeur, Danièle ^r   Wodchis, Walter P ^e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Canadian Primary Health Care Research and Innovation Network (CPHCRIN)   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^h Saskatchewan Health   (Canada)

ⁱ DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^l MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^m Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^p UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^q Health Quality Council of Alberta   (Canada)

^r INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

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Author keywords

English; French; Physician; Practice; Primary health care; Response rate; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84924083414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-015-0236-7     Document Type: Article

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