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Family Practice Advance Access originally published online on April 4, 2006
Family Practice 2006 23(4):469-471; doi:10.1093/fampra/cml013
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Views of family physicians in southwestern Ontario on preventive care services and performance incentives

Kelly K Andersona, Rolf J Sebaldta,b, Lynne Lohfelda,c, Ken Burgessc, Faith C Donaldd and Janusz Kaczorowskia,c

a Departments of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University Hamilton
b Medicine, McMaster University Hamilton
c Family Medicine, McMaster University Hamilton
d School of Nursing, Ryerson University Toronto, ON, Canada

Correspondence to Janusz Kaczorowski, PhD, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, 75 Frid Street, Hamilton, ON L8P 4M3, Canada; Email: kaczorow@mcmaster.ca

Received 20 October 2005; Accepted 8 March 2006.

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   Introduction
 
Although the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care recommends that several preventive care services be routinely provided to eligible patients in primary care settings,1 the delivery rate for these services continues to be suboptimal.2 A recent meta-analysis found evidence to support the use of several strategies to improve preventive care delivery rates,3 yet many practitioners still rely primarily on an opportunistic approach for delivering preventive care services.

Primary care networks (PCN) and family health networks (FHN) are two new models of primary health care delivery in Ontario, characterized by patient rostering and a capitation payment structure with added incentives. One such . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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