ArticleCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2018
Patients' perceptions of access to primary care: Analysis of the QUALICOPC Patient Experiences Survey.
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- General Practitioner Time Availability Per Inhabitant Per Year: A New Indicator to Measure Access to Primary Care.Frontiers in health services · 2022Article
- Expectations, values, preferences and experiences of Hungarian primary care population when accessing services: Evaluation of the patient's questionnaires of the international QUALICOPC study.Primary health care research & development · 2021Article
- The health service capacity of primary health care in West China: different perspectives of physicians and their patients.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- Associations between primary care practice type and patient-reported access.BMC health services research · 2018Article
- Association Between Perceived Access to Healthcare and the Perception of Illness Among Peruvian Adults with Chronic Diseases During COVID-19 Pandemic.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
- Primary care bonus payments and patient-reported access in urban Ontario: a cross-sectional study.CMAJ openArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo gain a more comprehensive understanding of patients' perceptions of access to their primary care practice and how these relate to patient characteristics.
designCross-sectional study.
settingOntario.
participantsAdult primary care patients in Ontario (N = 1698) completing the Quality and Costs of Primary Care (QUALICOPC) Patient Experiences Survey.
main outcome measuresResponses to 11 access-related survey items, analyzed both individually and as a Composite Access Score (CAS).
resultsThe mean (SD) CAS was 1.78 (0.16) (the highest possible CAS was 2 and the lowest was 1). Most patients (68%) waited more than 1 day for their appointment. By far most (96%) stated that it was easy to obtain their appointment and that they obtained that appointment as soon as they wanted to (87%). There were no statistically significant relationships between CAS and sex, language fluency, income, education, frequency of emergency department use, or chronic disease status. A higher CAS was associated with being older and being born in Canada, better self-reported health, and increased frequency of visits to a doctor.
conclusionDespite criticisms of access to primary care, this study found that Ontario patients belonging to primary care practices have favourable impressions of their access. There were few statistically significant relationships between patient characteristics and access, and these relationships appeared to be weak.
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