A population-based study comparing patterns of care delivery on the quality of care for persons living with HIV in Ontario.

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Published in BMJ Open on May 13, 2015

Authors

Claire E Kendall1, Monica Taljaard2, Jaime Younger3, William Hogg4, Richard H Glazier5, Douglas G Manuel6

Author Affiliations

1: C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2: Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
3: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
4: C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
5: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Centre for Research on Inner City Health, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
6: C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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