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Trends in Providing Out-of-Office, Urgent After-Hours, and On-Call Care in British Columbia

Lindsay Hedden, M. Ruth Lavergne, Kimberlyn M. McGrail, Michael R. Law, Ivy L. Bourgeault, Rita McCracken and Morris L. Barer
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2019, 17 (2) 116-124; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2366
Lindsay Hedden
1Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Research Pavilion, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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  • For correspondence: lindsay.hedden@ubc.ca
M. Ruth Lavergne
2Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Kimberlyn M. McGrail
3Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Michael R. Law
3Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Ivy L. Bourgeault
4Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Rita McCracken
5Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Morris L. Barer
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vol. 17 no. 2 116-124
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2366
PubMed 
30858254

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication April 3, 2018
  • Revision received October 23, 2018
  • Accepted for publication December 17, 2018
  • Published online March 11, 2019.

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  1. Lindsay Hedden, PhD1⇑,
  2. M. Ruth Lavergne, PhD2,
  3. Kimberlyn M. McGrail, PhD3,
  4. Michael R. Law, PhD3,
  5. Ivy L. Bourgeault, PhD4,
  6. Rita McCracken, MD, PhD5 and
  7. Morris L. Barer, PhD3
  1. 1Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Research Pavilion, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  2. 2Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
  3. 3Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  4. 4Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  5. 5Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Lindsay Hedden, PhD Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation Research Pavilion, Vancouver General Hospital 717 – 828 West 10th Avenue Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3 lindsay.hedden{at}ubc.ca

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