An international cross-sectional survey on the Quality and Costs of Primary Care (QUALICO-PC): recruitment and data collection of places delivering primary care across Canada

Conclusions:
The difficulties obtaining acceptable response rates by family physicians for survey participation is a universal challenge. This response rate for the QUALICO-PC arm in Canada was similar to rates found in other countries such as Australia and New Zealand. Even though most family physicians operate as self-employed small businesses, they could be supported to routinely submit data through a collective effort and provincial mandate. The groundwork in setting up pan-Canadian collaboration in primary care has been established through this study.

Source: BMC Family Practice - February 18, 2015 Category: Primary Care Authors: Sabrina WongLeena ChauWilliam HoggGary TeareBaukje MiedemaMylaine BretonKris Aubrey-BasslerAlan KatzFred BurgeAntoine BoivinTim CookeDanièle FrancoeurWalter Wodchis Source Type: research