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Health Care Utilization After a Visit to a Within-Group Family Physician vs a Walk-In Clinic Physician

Christine Salahub, Peter C. Austin, Li Bai, Simon Berthelot, R. Sacha Bhatia, Cherryl Bird, Laura Desveaux, Tara Kiran, Aisha Lofters, Danielle Martin, Kerry McBrien, Rita K. McCracken, J. Michael Paterson, Bahram Rahman, Jennifer Shuldiner, Mina Tadrous, Niels Thakkar, Noah M. Ivers and Lauren Lapointe-Shaw
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2024, 22 (6) 483-491; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.3181

Article Information

vol. 22 no. 6 483-491
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.3181
PubMed 
39586695
Published By 
The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication May 1, 2024
  • Revision received August 9, 2024
  • Accepted for publication August 14, 2024
  • Published online November 25, 2024.
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© 2024 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.

Author Information

  1. Christine Salahub, PhD1,
  2. Peter C. Austin, PhD2,3,4,
  3. Li Bai, PhD2,
  4. Simon Berthelot, MD, MSc5,
  5. R. Sacha Bhatia, MD, MBA6,7,
  6. Cherryl Bird, HBA8,
  7. Laura Desveaux, PhD, MScPT3,9,10,
  8. Tara Kiran, MD, MSc2,3,11,12,13,
  9. Aisha Lofters, MD, PhD11,14,
  10. Danielle Martin, MD, MPP3,11,15,
  11. Kerry McBrien, MD, MPH16,
  12. Rita K. McCracken, MD, PhD17,
  13. J. Michael Paterson, MSc2,3,
  14. Bahram Rahman, MD, MPP18,19,
  15. Jennifer Shuldiner, MPH, PhD9,
  16. Mina Tadrous, PharmD, PhD2,9,20,
  17. Niels Thakkar, MSc21,
  18. Noah M. Ivers, MD, PhD2,3,9,11,15 and
  19. Lauren Lapointe-Shaw, MD, PhD2,3,6,9,22⇑
  1. 1Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Salahub)
  2. 2ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Austin, Bai, Kiran, Paterson, Tadrous, Ivers, Lapointe-Shaw)
  3. 3Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Austin, Desveaux, Kiran, Martin, Paterson, Ivers, Lapointe-Shaw)
  4. 4Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Austin)
  5. 5Département de médecine de famille et de médecine d’urgence, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada (Berthelot)
  6. 6Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Bhatia, Lapointe-Shaw)
  7. 7Department of Cardiology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Bhatia)
  8. 8Patient Partner, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Bird)
  9. 9Women’s College Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Desveaux, Shuldiner, Tadrous, Ivers, Lapointe-Shaw)
  10. 10Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada (Desveaux)
  11. 11Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Kiran, Lofters, Martin, Ivers)
  12. 12MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Kiran);
  13. 13Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Kiran)
  14. 14Peter Gilgan Centre for Women’s Cancers, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Lofters)
  15. 15Department of Family Medicine, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Martin, Ivers)
  16. 16Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (McBrien)
  17. 17Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (McCracken)
  18. 18Primary Health Care Branch, Ministry of Health, Ontario, Canada (Rahman)
  19. 19Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada (Rahman)
  20. 20Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Tadrous);
  21. 21College of Nurses of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Thakkar)
  22. 22Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University Health Network and Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Lapointe-Shaw)
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Lauren Lapointe-Shaw Toronto General Hospital University Health Network 13EN-226, 200 Elizabeth Street Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4 lauren.lapointe.shaw{at}mail.utoronto.ca

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