Reporting a regular medical doctor index: A new measure of patient-physician affiliation for health administrative data.

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Having a regular medical doctor is associated with better process of care and health outcomes. The goal of this study was to harness the richness in health administrative data to create a measure which accurately predicted whether patients self-identified as having a regular medical doctor. The Cana...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Caroline King, M Ruth Lavergne, Kimberlyn McGrail, Erin C Strumpf, Quebec-British Columbia Patient Enrolment Project Team
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314381

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