Primary care for all: lessons for Canada from peer countries with high primary care attachment
Heba Shahaed, Richard H. Glazier, Michael Anderson, Erica Barbazza, Véronique Bos, Ingrid Sperre Saunes, Juha Auvinen, Maryam Daneshvarfard, Tara Kiran
Abstract
KEY POINTS Health systems with strong primary care have better outcomes, lower costs and better equity.[1][1] Yet, even at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, about 17% of people in Canada reported not having a regular primary care clinician.[2][2] At the same time, Canada is seeing declining
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