In 2005, the Population Health and Health Services team, a joint team from Direction de santé publique de l'Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Montréal and Institut national de santé publique du Québec, conducted a study in the two most populated regions of Québec (Montréal and Montérégie) to evaluate the association between primary care organizational models existing at that time and the population's care experiences. A second study was undertaken in 2010 to understand the evolution of primary care organizational models and how they have performed during the healthcare reform process, and to evaluate the organizational and contextual factors associated with these changes.
The study consists of three interrelated and hierarchically nested surveys:
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