Background Primary care reform has been on the political agenda in Canada and many
industrialized countries for several decades; it is widely seen as the foundation for broader …

Governments and health care stakeholders have been talking about reorganizing the way
Canadians receive primary care services for a very long time (1). Yet it is hard to discern real …

Policy Points Considerable investments have been made to build high‐performing primary
care systems in Canada. However, little is known about the extent to which change has …

Context: During the 1980s and 1990s, innovations in the organization, funding, and delivery
of primary health care in Canada were at the periphery of the system rather than at its core …

This dissertation examines the factors that have the most significant impact on the pace of
change in the primary care (PC) sector in Ontario. In Canada, there have been many …

Introduction: In the last decade, Canadian provincial and territorial health systems have
taken diverse approaches to strengthening primary care delivery. Although the Canadian …

Methods: A literature and policy scan identified evaluation studies across Canadian
jurisdictions. Experts from British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec …

Objective The objectives of this study are to evaluate the development and implementation
of Medicare Locals as new primary care organisations and consider the implications of …

Objective: To review innovative models of primary care in different countries in order to
identify potential mechanisms for reforming primary care policy in Australia. Methods: We …

Strong primary care is a fundamental underpinning of high-performing health systems.
Sadly, primary care infrastructure and performance in Canada lag behind many of our …