Background Studies comparing the access to health care of rural and urban populations
have been contradictory and inconclusive. These studies are complicated by the influence of …

Background: Primary care reform in Ontario, Canada, included the initiation of a blended
capitation model in 2001–2002 and an enhanced fee-for-service model in 2003. Both models …

In this study, we compare self-perceived unmet need across Canadian provinces and assess
how the reasons for unmet need–problems with availability, accessibility and acceptability–…

Objective To test the validity of the Visual Function Index (VF-14) in patients with retinal
disease. Design A self-administered questionnaire package in association with clinical …

PURPOSE Universal coverage of physician services should serve to reduce socioeconomic
disparities in care, but the degree to which a reduction occurs is unclear. We examined …

Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate an administrative data-based risk
adjustment method for predicting physician utilization and the contribution of survey-derived …

OBJECTIVE: To examine if there are systematic differences in the predictors of self-rated
health (SRH) and to examine the relationship between SRH and health care utilization across …

OBJECTIVE: Several innovative primary care models have recently been introduced in
Ontario, Canada. Two of these models are funded primarily through age–sex based capitation. …

Background In Ontario, Canada, the patient-centred medical home is a model of primary
care delivery that includes 3 model types of interest for this study: enhanced fee-for-service, …

AIM To review the rate of retinal detachment after macular hole surgery in patients who
received vitrectomy and scleral buckle versus those who had vitrectomy alone. METHODS All …