OBJECTIVE: To develop recommendations for office-based physicians who wish to make
their offices accessible to all patients. OPTIONS: Include taking steps to make offices more …

BACKGROUND: People with disabilities report physical barriers in doctors' offices that affect
the quality of care. Whether most or few doctors' offices are accessible is not known. We …

BACKGROUND: Quality and level of health care provided for people with disabilities at
primary care physician's offices can be drastically impacted by the level of accessibility of the …

It was Friday afternoon, and I had promised my patient's family that I would discharge her.
Despite trying all day to make a follow-up appointment with the appropriate subspecialist, I …

One in 8 Canadians—a number in excess of 3.5 million people—lives with a disability. 1
Advances in the provision of acute health care and an aging population mean that the …

Arch Fam Med -- Accessibility of Primary Care Physicians' Offices for People With
Disabilities: An Analysis of Compliance With the Americans With Disabilities Act, January …

Access entails the ability of Canadians to gain entry into the needed health services at the
needed time–thus ensuring greater health outcomes for all Canadians. The reality, however …

Background: Access to primary healthcare among people with physical disabilities has been
a neglected research area in Canada. The authors sought to examine the extent of access to …

Abstract The 2003 Statistics Canada Health Services Access Survey found that 12% of
Canadians polled did not have a family doctor, and 18% reported access problems such as …

Article-at-a-Glance Background During the past four years the Veterans Health
Administration (VHA) has been engaged in a national effort to improve access for patients to …