Background Virtual visits are clinical interactions in health care that do not involve the patient
and provider being in the same room at the same time. The use of virtual visits is growing …

BACKGROUND: Knowing when physicians retire and how they practise in the pre-retirement
years is important information for health human resource planning. We identified patterns …

Introduction Canadians report persistent problems accessing primary care despite an
increasing per-capita supply of primary care physicians (PCPs). There is speculation that PCPs, …

Background: Case-mix systems and comorbidity indices aggregate clinical information about
patients over time and are used to characterize need for health care services. These tools …

Background Family medicine (FM) residents choose among a range of options as they enter
practice, including practice model, clinical domains, settings, and populations. The choices …

In British Columbia (BC), health researchers can access two separate but overlapping
administrative databases that contain emergency department (ED) visits: the Medical Services …

Fee‐for‐service physicians are responsible for planning for their retirements, and there is
no mandated retirement age. Changes in financial markets may influence how long they …

Background: Family medicine residents choose among a range of practice options as they
enter the physician workforce. We describe the demographic and personal characteristics of …

Background The retirement of a family physician can represent a challenge in accessibility
and continuity of care for patients. In this population-based, longitudinal cohort study, we …

Background: Incentive payments for chronic diseases in British Columbia were intended to
support primary care physicians in providing more comprehensive care, but research shows …