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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
Christine Salahub
1Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Salahub)
PhDPeter C. Austin
2ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Austin, Bai, Kiran, Paterson, Tadrous, Ivers, Lapointe-Shaw)
3Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Austin, Desveaux, Kiran, Martin, Paterson, Ivers, Lapointe-Shaw)
4Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Austin)
PhDLi Bai
2ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Austin, Bai, Kiran, Paterson, Tadrous, Ivers, Lapointe-Shaw)
PhDSimon Berthelot
5Département de médecine de famille et de médecine d’urgence, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada (Berthelot)
MD, MScR. Sacha Bhatia
6Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Bhatia, Lapointe-Shaw)
7Department of Cardiology, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Bhatia)
MD, MBACherryl Bird
8Patient Partner, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Bird)
HBALaura Desveaux
3Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Austin, Desveaux, Kiran, Martin, Paterson, Ivers, Lapointe-Shaw)
9Women’s College Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Desveaux, Shuldiner, Tadrous, Ivers, Lapointe-Shaw)
10Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada (Desveaux)
PhD, MScPTTara Kiran
2ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Austin, Bai, Kiran, Paterson, Tadrous, Ivers, Lapointe-Shaw)
3Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Austin, Desveaux, Kiran, Martin, Paterson, Ivers, Lapointe-Shaw)
11Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Kiran, Lofters, Martin, Ivers)
12MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Kiran);
13Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Kiran)
MD, MScAisha Lofters
11Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Kiran, Lofters, Martin, Ivers)
14Peter Gilgan Centre for Women’s Cancers, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Lofters)
MD, PhDDanielle Martin
3Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Austin, Desveaux, Kiran, Martin, Paterson, Ivers, Lapointe-Shaw)
11Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Kiran, Lofters, Martin, Ivers)
15Department of Family Medicine, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Martin, Ivers)
MD, MPPKerry McBrien
16Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (McBrien)
MD, MPHRita K. McCracken
17Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (McCracken)
MD, PhDJ. Michael Paterson
2ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Austin, Bai, Kiran, Paterson, Tadrous, Ivers, Lapointe-Shaw)
3Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Austin, Desveaux, Kiran, Martin, Paterson, Ivers, Lapointe-Shaw)
MScBahram Rahman
18Primary Health Care Branch, Ministry of Health, Ontario, Canada (Rahman)
19Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada (Rahman)
MD, MPPJennifer Shuldiner
9Women’s College Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Desveaux, Shuldiner, Tadrous, Ivers, Lapointe-Shaw)
MPH, PhDMina Tadrous
2ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Austin, Bai, Kiran, Paterson, Tadrous, Ivers, Lapointe-Shaw)
9Women’s College Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Desveaux, Shuldiner, Tadrous, Ivers, Lapointe-Shaw)
20Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Tadrous);
PharmD, PhDNiels Thakkar
21College of Nurses of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Thakkar)
MScNoah M. Ivers
2ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Austin, Bai, Kiran, Paterson, Tadrous, Ivers, Lapointe-Shaw)
3Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Austin, Desveaux, Kiran, Martin, Paterson, Ivers, Lapointe-Shaw)
9Women’s College Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Desveaux, Shuldiner, Tadrous, Ivers, Lapointe-Shaw)
11Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Kiran, Lofters, Martin, Ivers)
15Department of Family Medicine, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Martin, Ivers)
MD, PhDLauren Lapointe-Shaw
2ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Austin, Bai, Kiran, Paterson, Tadrous, Ivers, Lapointe-Shaw)
3Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Austin, Desveaux, Kiran, Martin, Paterson, Ivers, Lapointe-Shaw)
6Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Bhatia, Lapointe-Shaw)
9Women’s College Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Desveaux, Shuldiner, Tadrous, Ivers, Lapointe-Shaw)
22Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University Health Network and Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Lapointe-Shaw)
MD, PhD
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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, Lauren Lapointe-Shaw
The Annals of Family Medicine Nov 2024, 22 (6) 483-491; DOI: 10.1370/afm.3181
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, Lauren Lapointe-Shaw
The Annals of Family Medicine Nov 2024, 22 (6) 483-491; DOI: 10.1370/afm.3181