Background: Challenges in timely access to one's usual primary care physician and the
ongoing use of walk-in clinics have been major health policy issues in Ontario for over a …

Background: Walk-in clinics are common in North America and are designed to provide
acute episodic care without an appointment. We sought to describe a sample of walk-in …

Introduction: New models of primary healthcare delivery recently implemented in Ontario are
designed to improve after-hours accessibility. This study examined whether the six-month …

Background: It is unclear how patient-reported access to primary care differs by physician
payment model and participation in team-based care. We examined the association …

PURPOSE Providing care in alternative (non-office) locations and outside office hours are
important elements of access and comprehensiveness of primary care. We examined the …

OBJECTIVE To compare use of walk-in clinics by rural and urban family practice patients
and to describe patients' perceptions of the quality of care in physicians' offices. DESIGN …

Background Retail medicine clinics have become widely available. However, few studies
have been published reporting on the outcomes of care from these clinics. The purpose of …

Objective: We aimed to describe family physicians who primarily practice in a walk-in clinic
setting and compare them to family physicians who provide longitudinal care. Design: A …

One goal of the Affordable Care Act is to improve patients' access to primary care and the
coordination of that care. An important ingredient in achieving that goal is ensuring that …

Introduction. Walk-in clinics aim to be highly accessible facilities, in particular for urgent
primary care cases. A perceived increase of walk-in clinic visits in Canada could put this …