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ArticleHealthcare policy = Politiques de sante2007

Determinants of waiting time for a routine family physician consultation in southwestern ontario.

Amardeep Thind, Cathy Thorpe, Andrea Burt, Moira Stewart, Graham Reid, Stewart Harris, Judith Belle Brown

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Article in Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Amardeep ThindDepartment of Family Medicine.
Cathy Thorpe
Andrea Burt
Moira Stewart
Graham Reid
Stewart Harris
Judith Belle Brown

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Waiting times are a reality in Canada's publicly financed single-payer healthcare system. While there are ample data about waiting times for specialized investigations and procedures, few data exist about waiting times to see family physicians, and determinants of this wait. We analyzed data from a survey of 731 family physicians in southwestern Ontario to understand physician- and practice-level determinants of waiting time. Physician gender, usual number of patients seen per week, involvement in teaching and population served were the key determinants of physician-reported waiting time.

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PMID19305711
PMCPMC2585449

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