Pre-post analysis of the impact of British Columbia nurse practitioner primary care clinics on patient health and care experience.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to evaluate the impact of a primary care nurse practitioner (NP)-led clinic model piloted in British Columbia (Canada) on patients' health and care experience.

Design

The study relies on a quasi-experimental longitudinal design based on a pre-and-post survey of patients receiving care in NP-led clinics. The prerostering survey (T0) was focused on patients' health status and care experiences preceding being rostered to the NP clinic. One year later, patients were asked to complete a similar survey (T1) focused on the care experiences with the NP clinic.

Setting

To solve recurring problems related to poor primary care accessibility, British Columbia opened four pilot NP-led clinics in 2020. Each clinic has the equivalent of approximately six fu

SUBMITTER: Contandriopoulos D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10603457 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature