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

Claire E KendallLisa M BoucherJessy DonelleAlana MartinZack MarshallRob BoydPam OickleNicola DilisoDave PineauBrad RenaudSean LeBlancMark TyndallAhmed M Bayoumi
Published in: BMC health services research (2020)
Despite high comorbidity, engagement in primary care among PWUD was low. Our findings suggest that social care (housing, disability, and income support) and mental health care are associated with improved primary care continuity; integration of these care systems with primary care and opioid substitution therapy may lessen the significant morbidity and acute care use among PWUD.
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