The impact of not having a primary care provider on emergency department utilization and hospitalizations before and during COVID-19: A novel retrospective cohort study linking primary care waitlists with administrative billing data.

The impact of not having a primary care provider on emergency department utilization and hospitalizations before and during COVID-19: A novel retrospective cohort study linking primary care waitlists with administrative billing data.

Objectives Primary care attachment improves access, chronic disease prevention and management. Growing proportions of Canadians are unattached and registering with provincial primary care waitlists for family doctors or nurse practitioners. We compare emergency department utilization and hospitaliza...

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Main Authors: Emily Gard Marshall, David Stock, Richard Buote
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swansea University 2022-08-01
Series:International Journal of Population Data Science
Subjects:
Health policy
Primary healthcare
Administrative billing data
COVID-19
Access
Primary care attachment
Online Access:https://ijpds.org/article/view/1932

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