Table 1 Ambulatory care visit patterns
From: Do primary care physicians coordinate ambulatory care for chronic disease patients in Canada?
Visits to a primary care physician | |
|---|---|
1 Visits to the assigned PCP* | |
2 Visits to a PCP other than the assigned PCP | |
3 Visits to a PCP by patients assigned to a specialist | |
Visits to a Specialist without Referral | |
4 Visits to a specialist by patients with an assigned PCP | |
5 Visits to the assigned specialist | |
6 Visits to another (non-assigned) specialist | |
Visits to a Specialist with Referral | |
7 Visits with referral made by the patient’s assigned PCP | |
8 Visits with referral made by another (non-assigned) PCP | |
9 Visits with referral made by another specialist | |