Background: If we are to improve the patient experience, knowing where and with whom
people receive professional health advice and treatment (the ecology of medical care) is the …

483 shed light on why the average number of visits per person to primary care physicians is
decreasing. 19, 20 This downward trend in a key primary care service metric is unexpected …

BACKGROUND The initial ecology of medical care study was published in 1961, offering a
framework by which to investigate individuals' contact with the medical system. We studied …

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Background: Five million Canadians lack a family doctor or primary care team. Our goal was
to examine trends over time in family physician workforce and service provision in Ontario …

Background There are major concerns about the sustainability of the US primary care (PC)
system. Objective We use similar data from the USA and Australia on adult visits to primary …

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Data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey• In 2016, there were an estimated
278 office-based physician visits per 100 persons.• The visit rate among females exceeded …

We compared patient management during primary care visits in 3 settings (health centers,
hospital outpatient departments, and physicians' offices) and investigated racial/ethnic and …

Importance Access to primary care clinicians, including primary care physicians and
nonphysician clinicians (nurse practitioners and physician assistants) is necessary to …