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Interesting post - what if any assurances are in place to prevent the  
FHT from cream-skimming by choosing younger patients (who are likely  
to be healthier and thus less work) or people from higher-income  
postal codes, since age and address both appear on the enrolment form?

Matthew Hodge



Quoting Sam Lanfranco <[log in to unmask]>:

> This is the website for an Ontario, Canada effort to improve access to
> health care in regions where at present substantial numbers of
> residents do not have access to their own family physician. As a
> strategy it builds on the existing resources of the community, with
> additional resources provided for the collaborative effort.
>
>    See: http://www.pefht.ca
>
> The Prince Edward Family Health Team, covering Prince Edward County
> (Ontario) has launched its website, designed to inform and involve
> the citizens of Prince Edward County in this collaborative effort to
> improve access to medical care for the County's 24,000 residents.
> Prince Edward County is a virtual rural island county in Lake
> Ontario, linked to the mainland by bridges and a ferry service.
>
> In April of 2005 the Ontario government launched a program of urban
> and rural Family Health Teams as a core component of an Otario health
> care initiative to provide better access to doctors and nurses and
> reduce wait times for treatment.
>
> The 150 local Family Health Teams across the Province are
> collaborations involving individual local health care providers and
> agencies. The teams are to improve access to primary care for more
> than 2.5 million Ontarians in 112 communities. The teams include an
> interdisciplinary team of physicians and other providers such as
> nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers and dieticians, with the
> goals of working together to see more patients and to keep them
> healthy.
>
> Posted by....
> Prof Sam Lanfranco,
> York University
>
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