Association of physician payment model and team-based care with timely access in primary care: a population-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is unclear how patient-reported access to primary care differs by physician payment model and participation in team-based care. We examined the association between timely and after-hours access to primary care and physician payment model and participation in team-based care, and sought to assess how access varied by patient characteristics.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of adult (age ≥ 16 yr) Ontarians who responded to the Ontario Health Care Experience Survey between January 2013 and September 2015, reported having a primary care provider and agreed to have their responses linked to health administrative data. Access measures included the proportion of respondents who reported same-day or next-day access when sick, satisfaction with time to a

SUBMITTER: Kiran T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7207031 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature