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- 2018
Emergency Department Use and Enrollment in a Medical Home Providing After-Hours CareDOI: 10.1370/afm.2291 Keywords: medical home, after-hours care, emergency care, access to health care, health care utilization, continuity of patient care, health care reform, primary care Abstract: Compared with other high-income countries, Canada and the United States have among the highest rates of emergency department use and the lowest rates of primary care physicians reporting arrangements for after-hours care. We assessed whether enrollment in a medical home mandated to provide after-hours care in Ontario, Canada, was associated with reduced emergency department use
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