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Profiling patterns of patient experiences of access to care and continuity at team-based primary healthcare clinics [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

The ability to reach and engage in the care process varies considerably depending on patients’ socio-demographic characteristics which we need to understand to address inequitable access issues. Study Design/Analysis: This cross-sectional study was conducted from September 2022 to April 2023.

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Factors associated with patients' experience of access to their primary health care clinic: a multilevel analysis [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Understanding patients’ experience accessing primary health care (PHC) is necessary in order to move toward better service organization and more equitable PHC access. A total of 122,397 patients and 999 family physicians, 107 nurse practitioners and 411 administrative staff nested into 104 clinics answered the survey.

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Sickle Cell Crises: A Deep Dive into Patterns of Readmissions at an Academic Medical Center [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

We noted that a small number of patients are readmitted multiple times. This indicates poor quality of life (QOL) for SCD patients and a high financial burden on the healthcare system. Objective: Describe the trends in sickle cell admissions between Jan 2020 and Dec 2023 at an academic medical center (AMC) in Augusta, Georgia.

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Facilitating Well-Being in Primary Healthcare During COVID-19: A Rapid Systematic Review [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design: Rapid Systematic Review Data Sources: CINAHL, Embase, Medline, and Cochrane CENTRAL were searched from January 1st, 2020 (indicating their data was collected during the COVID-19 pandemic) to July 1st, 2023 (date of review completion). Studies in exclusively PHC settings exploring well-being and related positive outcomes (e.g.,

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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 patient partner from the Deaf community collaborated on each step of this project. Results: Thirteen reviews published in English from 2010 to 2023 were included. 2010) and adapted by Schultz et al. Intervention/Instrument: Access to health care and services as conceptualized by Levesque et al. Outcome Measures: All were included.

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Mapping Patient Access to Care and Quality of Care based on Distance from Family Physician [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: In Ontario, patients who move increasingly keep their family physician (FP) because no one in their new community is accepting new patients, creating long distances to seek primary care. Study Design: A cross-sectional analysis of patients and FPs in Ontario from April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2023.

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Patient Experience of Emergency Department Care in Newfoundland and Labrador: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Over the last decade, patient care experience in the emergency department (ED) has been subpar. Relationships and communication with staff, physical comfort, privacy, and accessibility influence the patient experience of ED care. with the latent variable, except patient experience with staff responsiveness to requests.

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