Cohort study of team-based care among marginalized people who use drugs in Ottawa.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe team-based care use among a cohort of people who use drugs (PWUD) and to determine factors associated with receipt of team-based care.

Design

A cohort study using survey data collected between March and December 2013. These data were then linked to provincial-level health administrative databases to assess patterns of primary care among PWUD in the 2 years before survey completion.

Setting

Ottawa, Ont.

Participants

Marginalized PWUD 16 years of age or older.

Main outcome measures

Patients were assigned to primary care models based on survey responses and then were categorized as attached to team-based medical homes, attached to non-team-based medical homes, not attached to a medical home, and no primary care. Descriptive statistics

SUBMITTER: Kendall CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9842166 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature