Distance to primary care and its association with health care use and quality of care in Ontario: a cross-sectional study
Among Ontario patients living in urban or suburban areas and rostered to a family physician within a patient enrolment model, more than 10% of patients resided farther than 30 km from their family physician. Proximity to primary care was associated with higher use of primary care, reduced emergency department use, and increased uptake of recommended cancer screening, underscoring the importance of reforms that enhance access to care close to home.
Authors
- Shahriar Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6159-8438)
- Lesley A. Pablo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0666-4110)
- Andrew D. Pinto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1841-9347)
- Tara Kiran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2520-112X)
- Richard H. Glazier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7952-8320)
- Archna Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5915-7609)
- Eliot Frymire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4991-0622)
- Peter Gozdyra
- Michael Green (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5852-0143)
Institutions
- University of Miyazaki (JP)
- Queen's University (CA)
- St Michael’s Hospital (IE)
- Health Solutions (Sweden) (SE)
- St Michael’s Hospital (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Published
- 2025-11-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.250265
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82