Changes in comprehensiveness of services delivered by Canadian family physicians: Analysis of population-based linked data in 4 provinces.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe changes in the comprehensiveness of services delivered by family physicians across service settings and service areas in 4 Canadian provinces, to identify which settings and areas have changed the most, and to compare the magnitude of changes by physician characteristics.

Design

Descriptive analysis of province-wide, population-based billing data linked to population and physician registries.

Setting

British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Nova Scotia.

Participants

Family physicians registered to practise in the 1999-2000 and 2017-2018 fiscal years.

Main outcome measures

Comprehensiveness was measured across 7 service settings (home care, long-term care, emergency departments, hospitals, obstetric care, surgical assistance, anesthe

SUBMITTER: Lavergne MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10426375 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature