Background: The province of British Columbia is facing a family physician shortage despite
consistent increases in the number of physicians per capita and ongoing reforms to address …

Primary care is the foundation of health care systems around the world. Physician autonomy
means that governments rely on a limited selection of levers to implement reforms in …

Background: Lack of patient access to family physicians in Canada is a concern. The role of
recent physician graduates in this problem of supply of primary care services has not been …

Introduction Canadians report persistent problems accessing primary care despite an
increasing per-capita supply of primary care physicians (PCPs). There is speculation that PCPs, …

Family physicians play important roles throughout all stages of a pandemic response; however,
actionable descriptions outlining these roles are absent from current pandemic plans. …

Objective To describe the demographic characteristics of patients who present to the
emergency department (ED) for low-acuity issues and to explore their self-reported contact with …

Methods Using a qualitative descriptive approach, we conducted semistructured interviews
with FPs across 4 provinces in Canada (ie Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario…

Background Eight out of 10 major antihypertensive trials in older adults attempted to
achieve a target systolic blood pressure (BP) less than 160 mmHg. Collectively these trials …

Introduction Sleep-time blood pressure correlates more strongly with adverse cardiovascular
events than does daytime blood pressure. The BedMed trial evaluates whether bedtime …

Objectives Describe nursing home polypharmacy prevalence in the context of prescribing for
diabetes and hypertension and determine possible associations between lower surrogate …