Population | Quebec | British Columbia | |
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Vulnerable enrolment and general enrolment | Chronic disease incentive and Complex care incentive | A GP for Me | |
Intervention | Patients for whom relevant billing codes were submitted within the first 2 yr of implementation | Patients with qualifying chronic conditions in the year before the policy change for whom the relevant code was billed within the first 2 yr of implementation | Patients who received the majority of their care from physicians who opted into the program* |
Comparison | Patients who were eligible but were not enrolled within the first 2 yr of implementation | Patients with qualifying chronic conditions in the year before the policy change with no code billed within the first 2 yr of implementation | Patients with ≥ 3 visits who received the majority of their care from a physician who did not opt in |
↵* We restricted analysis to patients with 3 or more visits.