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Effect of Access to After-Hours Primary Care on the Association Between Home Nursing Visits and Same-Day Emergency Department Use

Aaron Jones, Susan E. Bronskill, Connie Schumacher, Hsien Seow, David Feeny and Andrew P. Costa
The Annals of Family Medicine September 2020, 18 (5) 406-412; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2571
Aaron Jones
1Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
MSc, PhD
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  • For correspondence: jonesa13@mcmaster.ca
Susan E. Bronskill
2ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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Connie Schumacher
1Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Hsien Seow
1Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
4Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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David Feeny
5Department of Economics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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vol. 18 no. 5 406-412
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2571
PubMed 
32928756

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The Annals of Family Medicine
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1544-1709
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1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication September 25, 2019
  • Revision received January 29, 2020
  • Accepted for publication February 5, 2020
  • Published online September 14, 2020.

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  1. Aaron Jones, MSc, PhD1⇑,
  2. Susan E. Bronskill, PhD2,3,
  3. Connie Schumacher, RN, PhD1,
  4. Hsien Seow, PhD1,4,
  5. David Feeny, PhD5 and
  6. Andrew P. Costa, PhD1,6
  1. 1Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  2. 2ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  3. 3Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
  4. 4Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  5. 5Department of Economics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  6. 6Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Aaron Jones, MSc, PhD Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact McMaster University 1280 Main St W Hamilton, L8S 4K1, jonesa13{at}mcmaster.ca

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