Impact of a provincial quality-improvement program on primary health care in Ontario: a population-based controlled before-and-after study

Departments of Family Medicine (Green, Han, Kotecha, Birtwhistle) and Public Health Sciences (Green, Birtwhistle), Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Centre for Studies in Primary Care, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine (Harris); Centre for Studies in Family Medicine (Harris, Webster-Bogaert), Western University, London, Ont.; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Kopp, Ho, Glazier); Department of Family and Community Medicine (Glazier), University of Toronto; St. Michael's Hospital (Glazier), Toronto, Ont.

Departments of Family Medicine (Green, Han, Kotecha, Birtwhistle) and Public Health Sciences (Green, Birtwhistle), Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Centre for Studies in Primary Care, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine (Harris); Centre for Studies in Family Medicine (Harris, Webster-Bogaert), Western University, London, Ont.; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Kopp, Ho, Glazier); Department of Family and Community Medicine (Glazier), University of Toronto; St. Michael's Hospital (Glazier), Toronto, Ont.

Departments of Family Medicine (Green, Han, Kotecha, Birtwhistle) and Public Health Sciences (Green, Birtwhistle), Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Centre for Studies in Primary Care, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine (Harris); Centre for Studies in Family Medicine (Harris, Webster-Bogaert), Western University, London, Ont.; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Kopp, Ho, Glazier); Department of Family and Community Medicine (Glazier), University of Toronto; St. Michael's Hospital (Glazier), Toronto, Ont.

Departments of Family Medicine (Green, Han, Kotecha, Birtwhistle) and Public Health Sciences (Green, Birtwhistle), Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Centre for Studies in Primary Care, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine (Harris); Centre for Studies in Family Medicine (Harris, Webster-Bogaert), Western University, London, Ont.; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Kopp, Ho, Glazier); Department of Family and Community Medicine (Glazier), University of Toronto; St. Michael's Hospital (Glazier), Toronto, Ont.

Departments of Family Medicine (Green, Han, Kotecha, Birtwhistle) and Public Health Sciences (Green, Birtwhistle), Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Centre for Studies in Primary Care, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine (Harris); Centre for Studies in Family Medicine (Harris, Webster-Bogaert), Western University, London, Ont.; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Kopp, Ho, Glazier); Department of Family and Community Medicine (Glazier), University of Toronto; St. Michael's Hospital (Glazier), Toronto, Ont.

Departments of Family Medicine (Green, Han, Kotecha, Birtwhistle) and Public Health Sciences (Green, Birtwhistle), Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Centre for Studies in Primary Care, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine (Harris); Centre for Studies in Family Medicine (Harris, Webster-Bogaert), Western University, London, Ont.; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Kopp, Ho, Glazier); Department of Family and Community Medicine (Glazier), University of Toronto; St. Michael's Hospital (Glazier), Toronto, Ont.

Departments of Family Medicine (Green, Han, Kotecha, Birtwhistle) and Public Health Sciences (Green, Birtwhistle), Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Centre for Studies in Primary Care, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine (Harris); Centre for Studies in Family Medicine (Harris, Webster-Bogaert), Western University, London, Ont.; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Kopp, Ho, Glazier); Department of Family and Community Medicine (Glazier), University of Toronto; St. Michael's Hospital (Glazier), Toronto, Ont.

Departments of Family Medicine (Green, Han, Kotecha, Birtwhistle) and Public Health Sciences (Green, Birtwhistle), Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Centre for Studies in Primary Care, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine (Harris); Centre for Studies in Family Medicine (Harris, Webster-Bogaert), Western University, London, Ont.; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Kopp, Ho, Glazier); Department of Family and Community Medicine (Glazier), University of Toronto; St. Michael's Hospital (Glazier), Toronto, Ont.

Departments of Family Medicine (Green, Han, Kotecha, Birtwhistle) and Public Health Sciences (Green, Birtwhistle), Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Centre for Studies in Primary Care, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine (Harris); Centre for Studies in Family Medicine (Harris, Webster-Bogaert), Western University, London, Ont.; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Kopp, Ho, Glazier); Department of Family and Community Medicine (Glazier), University of Toronto; St. Michael's Hospital (Glazier), Toronto, Ont.