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Exploring Primary Care Provider eConsult Utilization Trends [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: The University of Colorado School of Medicine (CUSOM) launched their eConsult program in 2018. Objective: To determine how primary care providers (PCP) utilize the eConsult platform. Study Design and Analysis: This retrospective analysis of program data spans from 2018 through 2023.

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Do Wellness Interventions During Residency Impact Burnout of Family Physicians 3 Years into Practice? [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting or Dataset: 2018 Council of Academic Family Medicine Education Research Alliance (CERA) survey of program directors matched to 2021 National Graduate Survey data of 2018 residency graduates. Analyses consisted of descriptive statistics and bivariate and multivariate analyses.

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The Impact of Integrated Care on Healthcare Utilization and Costs: Evidence from the Kansas Health Homes Medicaid Program [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

This study also provides the first formal evaluation of the KHH program. A difference-in-differences (DID) approach was used to compare outcomes in two groups: Medicaid beneficiaries assigned to KHH and those who were not.

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Development of a Multidisciplinary Clinic for the Treatment of Obesity in a Canadian University Family Medicine Group (U-FMG) [Obesity, exercise and nutrition]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context In 2018, 63.1% Pathways offered by Quebec’s public system are heterogeneous, often providing limited services, especially in a preventive setting. Pathways offered by Quebec’s public system are heterogeneous, often providing limited services, especially in a preventive setting.

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Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary care for diabetes in Canada: Results from a mixed-methods study [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: In Canada, most diabetes care is provided within primary care. Primary care experienced challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as reduced access to care. Objective: To understand if the pandemic resulted in changes in care for patients with diabetes.

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Access to health care and services for the Deaf: A scoping review of reviews [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

A community consultation identified the evaluation of the cost of providing sign language interpreters (or not) as a top research priority. Study Design and Analysis: A scoping review of reviews was conducted according to Arksey and O’Malley’s (2005) methodological framework, completed by Levac et al.

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Dashboard of Advancement and Success for Health Services Research (DASH) 2.0 [Research capacity building]

Annals of Family Medicine

Weekly meetings consist of a review of projects using the Dashboard of Advancement and Success for Health Services Research(DASH), which has been actively in use since its creation in 2018. The DASH has been updated and revised, with its most significant redesign in 2023.