Association Between Clinic-Reported Third Next Available Appointment and Patient-Reported Access to Primary Care

Nishwa Shah; Lidija Latifovic; Christopher Meaney; Rahim Moineddin; Mary Beth Derocher; Mohammad Alhaj; Tara Kiran

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.46397

Association Between Clinic-Reported Third Next Available Appointment and Patient-Reported Access to Primary Care

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Dec 1;5(12):e2246397. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.46397.

Authors

Nishwa Shah¹, Lidija Latifovic^{2

3}, Christopher Meaney¹, Rahim Moineddin^{1

4}, Mary Beth Derocher^{1

5}, Mohammad Alhaj⁵, Tara Kiran^{1

2

4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Family and Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study examines the association of the third next available appointment with patient-reported measures of access in primary care settings.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Access to Primary Care*
Ambulatory Care Facilities
Appointments and Schedules*
Humans
Patient Reported Outcome Measures