Sean Doherty, Payal Agarwal, Ri Wang, Christopher Meaney, Kirsten Eldridge, Ali N Damji, Debbie Elman, Susanna Fung, Karuna L Gupta, Sakina Walji, Linda Weber, Melissa Witty, Tara Kiran
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: We compared experiences of patients who reported usually being seen by a resident with those usually seen by a staff physician. METHODS: We analyzed responses to a patient experience survey distributed at 13 family medicine teaching practices affiliated with the University of Toronto between May and June 2020. We analyzed responses to seven questions pertaining to timely access, continuity, and patient-centeredness. We compared responses between two types of usual primary care clinicians and calculated odds ratios before and after adjustment for patient characteristics...
April 2, 2024: Family Medicine