Date of Award
2007
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Program
Family Medicine
Supervisor
Dr. Moira Stewart
Second Advisor
Sarah Scott
Third Advisor
Dr. Amardeep Thind
Abstract
Objective: To provide an understanding of comprehensive care, describe the provision of comprehensive care in Canada by family physicians and general practitioners (FPs / GPs), and to identify factors associate with comprehensive care. Design: 1) Literature review on comprehensive care. 2) Secondary analyses of crosssectional data from the 2001 National Family Physician Workforce Survey (NFPWS) Results: Comprehensive care is the commitment to ongoing care for a defined population through a broad range of medical services meeting the majority of its health care needs across different care settings. Office-based Canadian FPs / GPs were more comprehensive than non-office-based ones and comprehensiveness varied across different regions. Province and rurality explained 86.9% of the variation in comprehensive care that was explained in multivariable modeling. Conclusions: Primary care reform needs to comprehend the reasons for regional variations in comprehensiveness to enhance the comprehensiveness of the Canadian primary care system.
Recommended Citation
Wong, Eric K.W., "COMPREHENSIVE CARE AND FAMILY MEDICINE IN CANADA" (2007). Digitized Theses. 4866.
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/digitizedtheses/4866