Paying doctors more did not improve primary care – and cost the province hundreds of millions of dollars
By Ruth Lavergne Simon Fraser University and Kimberlyn McGrail University of British Columbia If things are working properly, our first point of contact with the health system – often referred to as ‘primary care’ – should result in prompt and efficient care for our general health concerns, and coordinate our journey through the system when…
The province Increased incentives payments to doctors to try to improve patients' access to care. It didn't work
By Ruth Lavergne and Kim McGrail University of British Columbia Since 2006, British Columbia has spent more than a billion dollars to improve primary healthcare. Have B.C. patients benefited from such a massive investment? Sadly, no. Good primary care – access to doctors and nurses for general health concerns – means we can quickly and…
By Ruth Lavergne Simon Fraser University and Kimberlyn McGrail University of British Columbia If things are working properly, our first point of contact with the health system – often referred to as ‘primary care’ – should result in prompt and efficient care for our general health concerns, and coordinate our journey through the system when…
