Canadian family physician Médecin de famille canadien
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To explore Calgary family physicians' knowledge about hospices, their attitudes toward the referral process, and their understanding of barriers to referral for hospice care. ⋯ While Calgary family physicians are appreciative of hospice care, there are knowledge gaps. It is important to engage family physicians in the referral process.
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To identify predictive variables of incident chronic benzodiazepine (BZD) use that could be assessed by prescribing physicians. ⋯ Physicians should be aware that patients are more likely to become chronic BZD users if they receive disability insurance or following a hospitalization. Combination of BZDs is a potentially problematic practice that could be increasing the risk of chronic use.
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To evaluate the changes in accessibility, patients' care experiences, and quality-of-care indicators following a clinic's transformation into a fully integrated network clinic. ⋯ Transformation to an integrated network model of care led to increased efficiency and enhanced accessibility with no negative effects on the doctor-patient relationship. Improvements in biologic data also suggested better quality of care.