Challenge of same-day access in primary care

[Article in English, French]

Affiliations

¹ Family physician and Quality Improvement Program Director in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at St Michael's Hospital at the University of Toronto in Ontario. tara.kiran@utoronto.ca.
² Quality Improvement Program Manager in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.

Editorial

[Article in English, French]

Tara Kiran et al. Can Fam Physician. 2015 May.

. 2015 May;61(5):399-400, 407-9.

¹ Family physician and Quality Improvement Program Director in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at St Michael's Hospital at the University of Toronto in Ontario. tara.kiran@utoronto.ca.
² Quality Improvement Program Manager in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.

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