To understand better the reasons for the growth in popularity of walk-in clinics in Canada we
surveyed 321 patients with a regular physician in Toronto who attended a walk-in clinic in …

Of 531 patients who responded to a prospective questionnaire survey, 27.3% had visited a
walk-in clinic during the preceding 6 months. Family practice patients who visited walk-in …

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 …

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 …

Although healers and physicians have provided medical care without appointments for
millennia, the current style of walk-in clinics (WICs) appeared in the 1970s as" urgent-care" …

In an affluent city with many pediatricians a 20% increase in patients seen in a hospital-
based walk-in clinic in 1982 prompted a study to determine the characteristics of clinic users …

Little has been reported about Canadian walk-in clinics. The authors identified and surveyed
34 Ontario walk-in clinics in a preliminary descriptive study. A walk-in clinic was …

UR CANADIAN health-care\J system, it is plain to be seen, is changing, and its changes
require a corresponding change in the role of family physicians. I foresee a role for 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 …

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 …