Exploring the implementation and underlying mechanisms of centralized referral systems to access specialized health services in Quebec

• Main Authors: Jessica Spagnolo (Author), Mylaine Breton (Author), Martin Sasseville (Author), Carine Sauvé (Author), Jean-François Clément (Author), Richard Fleet (Author), Marie-Claude Tremblay (Author), Cloé Rodrigue (Author), Camille Lebel (Author), Marie Beauséjour (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In 2016, Quebec, a Canadian province, implemented a program to improve access to specialized health services (Accès priorisé aux services spécialisés (APSS)), which includes single regional access points for processing requests to such services via primary care (Centre de ré...