Canada is a high-income country with a population of 33 million. Life expectancy is high
compared with most OECD countries; however, infant and maternal mortality rates tend to be …

Objectives Recent health policy changes have focused efforts on reducing emergency
department (ED) visits as a way to reduce costs and improve quality of care. This was a …

Background Multimorbidity poses a significant clinical challenge and has been linked to
greater health services use, including hospitalization; however, we have little knowledge …

The health care system in Canada receives a great deal of international attention, but it is
subject to considerable critique and debate locally. Health Systems in Transition: Canada …

Ontario's Family Health Team (FHT) model, implemented in 2005, may be North America's
largest example of a patient-centered medical home. The model, based on multidisciplinary …

Background: Health care office staff and providers may discriminate against people of low
socioeconomic status, even in the absence of economic incentives to do so. We sought to …

Primary care is the foundation of health care systems around the world. Physician autonomy
means that governments rely on a limited selection of levers to implement reforms in primary …

Background Breast cancer is one of the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in Canada.
Screening is the most promising approach in identification and treatment of the disease at …

Background: Studies evaluating primary care quality across physician gender are limited to
primary and secondary prevention. Objectives: Investigate the relationship between family …

Introduction The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was introduced in 2003 to
reduce “out-of-pocket” payments for health care in Ghana. Over a decade of its …