Engagement in primary health care among marginalized people who use drugs in Ottawa, Canada

• Main Authors: Claire E. Kendall (Author), Lisa M. Boucher (Author), Jessy Donelle (Author), Alana Martin (Author), Zack Marshall (Author), Rob Boyd (Author), Pam Oickle (Author), Nicola Diliso (Author), Dave Pineau (Author), Brad Renaud (Author), Sean LeBlanc (Author), Mark Tyndall (Author), Ahmed M. Bayoumi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background There may be less primary health care engagement among people who use drugs (PWUD) than among the general population, even though the former have greater comorbidity and more frequent use of emergency department care. We investigated factors associated with primary care engagemen...