Designing centralized waiting lists for attachment to a primary care provider: Considerations from a logic analysis

Mylaine Breton, Mélanie Ann Smithman, Sara A. Kreindler, Jalila Jbilou, Sabrina T. Wong, Emily Gard Marshall, Martin Sasseville, Jason M. Sutherland, Valorie A. Crooks, Jay Shaw, Damien Contandriopoulos, Astrid Brousselle and Michael Green

Evaluation and Program Planning, 2021, vol. 89, issue C

Abstract: Access to a regular primary care provider is essential to quality care. In Canada, where 15 % of patients are unattached (i.e., without a regular provider), centralized waiting lists (CWLs) help attach patients to a primary care provider (family physician or nurse practitioner). Previous studies reveal mechanisms needed for CWLs to work, but focus mostly on CWLs for specialized health care. We aim to better understand how to design CWLs for unattached patients in primary care.

Keywords: Wait list; Primary care; Logic analysis; Evaluation; Access; Realist review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2021.101962

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