title: Improving linkages between family physicians and hospitals.
abstract: Hospitals, as social pillars and hubs of medical activity, can be a great influence and supporter of family physicians and primary healthcare, which will in turn improve the health of their communities. This paper discusses general linkages between family physicians and hospitals and the development of a specific program to enhance these linkages created at a large community hospital in Ontario.
authors.affiliation: Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit. sfarrar@sympatico.ca
authors.forename: Sheryl
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Farrar
authors.forename: Don
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Collins-Williams
authors.forename: June
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kingston
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D018672:Community Health Planning; D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005251:Fees, Medical; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009864:Ontario; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development