Physician home visits in Ontario: a cross-sectional analysis of patient characteristics and postvisit use of health care services

BACKGROUND: It is unknown how much of current physician home visit volume is driven by low-complexity or low-continuity visits. Our objectives were to measure physician home visit volumes and costs in Ontario from 2005/06 to 2018/19, and to compare patient characteristics and postvisit use of health care services across home visit types. METHODS: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study using health administrative data. We examined annual …