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 …

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 …

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 …

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. For over two decades, there has been controversy over the role and impact of
walk-in clinics on primary health care. This study evaluates the providers' perspective on this …

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 …

Walk-in clinics have proliferated rapidly in many areas of Canada and the United States.
Patients who attend these clinics have illnesses that are similar to those seen in family …

OBJECTIVE To explore family practice (FP), emergency department (ED), and walk-in clinic
(WIC) physicians' perceptions and experiences regarding the effect of walk-in clinics on …

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 …

OBJECTIVE To compare walk-in clinics with other primary care settings on characteristics
associated with best practices in primary care. DESIGN A mailed self-administered …