Factors associated with unmet healthcare needs in patients using Primary Care Access Points for unattached patients in Quebec (Canada)

This study serves as a first step in deepening our understanding from a patient perspective of how to better plan primary care services and improve unattached patients' experiences using the GAP. The findings showed that patients oriented to other professionals than a medical appointment with a family physician had the highest percentage of unmet needs. The next step involves an in-depth exploration of the reasons for patients' unmet needs, enabling the development of more precise and effective strategies to address them.

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PLoS ONE
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2026-01-30
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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0342106
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Primary Care and Health Outcomes
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Factors associated with unmet healthcare needs in patients using Primary Care Access Points for unattached patients in Quebec (Canada)

Véronique Deslauriers, Annie Talbot, Isabelle Gaboury, Maude Laberge et al.
PLoS ONE
Primary Care and Health Outcomes
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Factors associated with unmet healthcare needs in patients using Primary Care Access Points for unattached patients in Quebec (Canada)

Véronique Deslauriers, Annie Talbot, Isabelle Gaboury, Maude Laberge, Marie-Pascale Pomey, Mylaine Breton, Catherine Lamoureux-Lamarche, Aude Motulsky, Djamal Berbiche
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This study serves as a first step in deepening our understanding from a patient perspective of how to better plan primary care services and improve unattached patients' experiences using the GAP. The findings showed that patients oriented to other professionals than a medical appointment with a family physician had the highest percentage of unmet needs. The next step involves an in-depth exploration of the reasons for patients' unmet needs, enabling the development of more precise and effective strategies to address them.

PLoS ONEVol. 21(1)
Université de Sherbrooke (CA), Hôpital Charles-Le Moyne (CA), Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval (CA), Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CA), Université Laval (CA), Université de Montréal (CA)
Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
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