Benjamin T B Chan

Summary

Affiliation: Health Quality Council
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Canadian rural family medicine training programs: growth and variation in recruitment
    Lisa K Krupa
    Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ont
    Can Fam Physician 51:852-3. 2005
  2. ncbi A rural CT scanner: evaluating the effect on local health care
    Barbara J Merkens
    Barbara Merkens and Associates, Don Mills, ON
    Can Assoc Radiol J 57:224-31. 2006
  3. ncbi The declining comprehensiveness of primary care
    Benjamin T B Chan
    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, and Department of Health Policy, Evaluation and Management, University of Toronto, Ont
    CMAJ 166:429-34. 2002
  4. ncbi Factors influencing family physicians to enter rural practice: does rural or urban background make a difference?
    Benjamin T B Chan
    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ont
    Can Fam Physician 51:1246-7. 2005
  5. ncbi Duration of rural training during residency: rural family physicians prefer 6 months
    Benjamin T B Chan
    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ont
    Can Fam Physician 52:210-1. 2006
  6. ncbi Chronic migraineurs: an important subgroup of patients who visit emergency departments frequently
    Benjamin T B Chan
    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Health Policy, Evaluation and Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Ann Emerg Med 43:238-42. 2004
  7. ncbi Patient, physician, and community factors affecting referrals to specialists in Ontario, Canada: a population-based, multi-level modelling approach
    Benjamin T B Chan
    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario
    Med Care 41:500-11. 2003
  8. ncbi Geography and service supply do not explain socioeconomic gradients in angiography use after acute myocardial infarction
    David A Alter
    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ont, Canada
    CMAJ 168:261-4. 2003
  9. ncbi Factors influencing participation in obstetrics by obstetrician-gynecologists
    Benjamin T B Chan
    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Suite G 106, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada
    Obstet Gynecol 103:493-8. 2004
  10. ncbi Graduates of northern Ontario family medicine residency programs practise where they train
    Denis Heng
    Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada
    Can J Rural Med 12:146-52. 2007

Collaborators

  • James Goertzen
  • P C Austin
  • Gillian L Booth
  • Raymond W Pong
  • Tom Crichton
  • Denis Heng
  • Jim Rourke
  • William McCready
  • Barbara J Merkens
  • Lisa K Krupa
  • David A Alter
  • Naushaba Degani
  • R Douglas Mowbray
  • Karen Tu
  • Larry Creeden
  • Deanna M Rothwell
  • Paul T Engels
  • C David Naylor
  • Jack V Tu

Detail Information

Publications14

  1. ncbi Canadian rural family medicine training programs: growth and variation in recruitment
    Lisa K Krupa
    Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ont
    Can Fam Physician 51:852-3. 2005
    ..Major variations among programs exist, and most program designs differ from designs recommended in national guidelines in at least one aspect...
  2. ncbi A rural CT scanner: evaluating the effect on local health care
    Barbara J Merkens
    Barbara Merkens and Associates, Don Mills, ON
    Can Assoc Radiol J 57:224-31. 2006
    ..We recommend that CT be expanded to other rural regions...
  3. ncbi The declining comprehensiveness of primary care
    Benjamin T B Chan
    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, and Department of Health Policy, Evaluation and Management, University of Toronto, Ont
    CMAJ 166:429-34. 2002
    ..This study tracks the participation rates of general practitioners and family physicians in 6 nonoffice settings across Ontario and examines among which types of physicians this decline in comprehensiveness has occurred...
  4. ncbi Factors influencing family physicians to enter rural practice: does rural or urban background make a difference?
    Benjamin T B Chan
    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ont
    Can Fam Physician 51:1246-7. 2005
    ....
  5. ncbi Duration of rural training during residency: rural family physicians prefer 6 months
    Benjamin T B Chan
    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ont
    Can Fam Physician 52:210-1. 2006
    ....
  6. ncbi Chronic migraineurs: an important subgroup of patients who visit emergency departments frequently
    Benjamin T B Chan
    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Health Policy, Evaluation and Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Ann Emerg Med 43:238-42. 2004
    ..We examine whether patients with frequent migraines represent a distinct subgroup of patients who visit emergency departments (EDs) frequently...
  7. ncbi Patient, physician, and community factors affecting referrals to specialists in Ontario, Canada: a population-based, multi-level modelling approach
    Benjamin T B Chan
    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario
    Med Care 41:500-11. 2003
    ..This population-based study examines the factors affecting referrals by primary care physicians (PCPs) to specialists...
  8. ncbi Geography and service supply do not explain socioeconomic gradients in angiography use after acute myocardial infarction
    David A Alter
    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ont, Canada
    CMAJ 168:261-4. 2003
    ..This study was conducted to determine whether the impact of socioeconomic status on angiography use would be lessened by considering variations in the supply of services...
  9. ncbi Factors influencing participation in obstetrics by obstetrician-gynecologists
    Benjamin T B Chan
    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Suite G 106, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada
    Obstet Gynecol 103:493-8. 2004
    ..To examine factors affecting participation in obstetrics among obstetrician-gynecologists and changes in participation over time...
  10. ncbi Graduates of northern Ontario family medicine residency programs practise where they train
    Denis Heng
    Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada
    Can J Rural Med 12:146-52. 2007
    ....
  11. ncbi Time trends and geographic disparities in acute complications of diabetes in Ontario, Canada
    Gillian L Booth
    Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, St Michael s Hospital, 61 Queen St East, 6 147, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5C 2T2
    Diabetes Care 28:1045-50. 2005
    ..This study examines whether acute diabetes complication rates have fallen in recent years and whether geographic factors influence these trends...
  12. ncbi Frequent users of emergency departments. Do they also use family physicians' services?
    Benjamin T B Chan
    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Departments of Health Policy, Evaluation and Management, Family and Community Medicine, and Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Ontario
    Can Fam Physician 48:1654-60. 2002
    ..To determine whether frequent users of emergency department (ED) services use more or fewer primary care services than other ED patients...
  13. ncbi Do family physicians with emergency medicine certification actually practise family medicine?
    Benjamin T B Chan
    CMAJ 167:869-70. 2002
  14. ncbi Big cities and bright lights: rural- and northern-trained physicians in urban practice
    Raymond W Pong
    Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research, Laurentian University, Northern Ontario School of Medicine Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
    Can J Rural Med 12:153-60. 2007
    ..Rural medical education is increasing in popularity in Canada. This study examines why some family physicians who completed their residency training in northern Ontario decided to practise in urban centres...