Trends in Providing Out-of-Office, Urgent After-Hours, and On-Call Care in British Columbia

PURPOSE: Providing care in alternative (non-office) locations and outside office hours are important elements of access and comprehensiveness of primary care. We examined the trends in and determinants of the services provided in a cohort of primary care physicians in British Columbia, Canada. METHODS: We used physician-level payments for all primary care physicians practicing in British Columbia from 2006-2007 through 2011-2012. We examined …