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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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M. Ruth Lavergne
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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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The Annals of Family Medicine Mar 2019, 17 (2) 116-124; DOI: 10.1370/afm.2366

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