Emergency Department and Walk-in Clinic Use in Models of Primary Care Practice with Different After-Hours Accessibility in Ontario
- 15 August 2008
- journal article
- Published by Longwoods Publishing in Healthcare Policy
- Vol. 4 (1) , 73-88
- https://doi.org/10.12927/hcpol.2008.20009
Abstract
Primary care in Ontario and elsewhere in Canada has been undergoing funding and organizational changes since the late s While provision of after - hours services to patients has notKeywords
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