title: Determinants of waiting time for a routine family physician consultation in southwestern ontario.
abstract: Waiting times are a reality in Canada's publicly financed single-payer healthcare system. While there are ample data about waiting times for specialized investigations and procedures, few data exist about waiting times to see family physicians, and determinants of this wait. We analyzed data from a survey of 731 family physicians in southwestern Ontario to understand physician- and practice-level determinants of waiting time. Physician gender, usual number of patients seen per week, involvement in teaching and population served were the key determinants of physician-reported waiting time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine.
authors.forename: Amardeep
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thind
authors.forename: Cathy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thorpe
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Burt
authors.forename: Moira
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: Stewart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Judith Belle
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Brown