[HTML][HTML] “Top-Three” health reforms in 31 high-income countries in 2018 and 2019: an expert informed overview

K Polin, M Hjortland, A Maresso, E van Ginneken… - Health Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Background: High-income countries continuously reform their healthcare systems. Often,
similar reforms are introduced concomitantly across countries. Although national …

Financial profit in medicine: A position paper from the American College of Physicians

R Crowley, O Atiq, D Hilden… - Annals of Internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
The steady growth of corporate interest and influence in the health care sector over the past
few decades has created a more business-oriented health care system in the United States …

Virtual care and emergency department use during the COVID-19 pandemic among patients of family physicians in Ontario, Canada

T Kiran, ME Green, R Strauss, CF Wu… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The COVID-19 pandemic has played a role in increased use of virtual care in
primary care. However, few studies have examined the association between virtual primary …

[HTML][HTML] Tinkering at the margins: evaluating the pace and direction of primary care reform in Ontario, Canada

M Aggarwal, AP Williams - BMC Family Practice, 2019 - Springer
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 …

Community-informed, integrated, and coordinated care through a community-level model: A narrative synthesis on community hubs

DR Manis, IA Bielska, K Cimek… - Healthcare …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
We identify the core services included in a community hub model of care to improve the
understanding of this model for health leaders, decision-makers in community-based …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of care of the elderly certificates of added competence on family physician practice: results from a pan-Canadian multiple case study

RH Correia, L Grierson, I Allice, HYH Siu, A Baker… - BMC geriatrics, 2022 - Springer
Background Family physicians serve an important role in the care of older adults, and have
variable levels of training and comfort navigating this complex patient population. The Care …

[HTML][HTML] Up-to-date on cancer screening among Ontario patients seen by walk-in clinic physicians: A retrospective cohort study

A Lofters, C Salahub, PC Austin, L Bai, S Berthelot… - Preventive …, 2023 - Elsevier
Walk-in clinics are typically viewed as high-volume locations for managing acute issues but
also may serve as a location for primary care, including cancer screening, for patients …

Walk-in clinic patient characteristics and utilization patterns in Ontario, Canada: a cross-sectional study

L Lapointe-Shaw, T Kiran, C Salahub… - … Open Access Journal, 2023 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Walk-in clinics are common in North America and are designed to provide
acute episodic care without an appointment. We sought to describe a sample of walk-in …

Physician financial incentives for use of outpatient intravenous antimicrobial therapy: an interrupted time series analysis

JA Staples, M Ho, D Ferris, G Liu… - Clinical Infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background In 2011, policymakers in British Columbia introduced a fee-for-service
payment to incentivize infectious diseases physicians to supervise outpatient parenteral …

Family physicians' moral distress when caring for patients experiencing social inequities: a critical narrative inquiry in primary care

ML Molinaro, K Shen, G Agarwal, G Inglis… - British Journal of …, 2024 - bjgp.org
Background Family physicians (GPs) working with patients experiencing social inequities
have witnessed patients' healthcare needs proliferate. Alongside increased workload …