Integrated Primary Care Teams (IPCT) pilot project in Quebec: a protocol paper

Area of Science:

• Health Services Research
• Primary Care Medicine
• Nursing Practice

Background:

• Primary care delivery models are crucial for healthcare system efficiency and patient outcomes.
• Existing models face challenges in accessibility, quality, and efficiency.
• Innovative approaches, such as expanded nursing roles, are being explored to address these challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

• To evaluate the impact of primary care models utilizing expanded nursing roles on care accessibility, quality, and efficiency.
• To support and assess eight pilot primary care team sites.
• To compare patient experiences and outcomes in intervention versus traditional primary care settings.

Main Methods:

• Logical analysis of scientific data to understand intervention mechanisms.
• Participatory developmental evaluation using semistructured interviews.
• Pre-and-post patient surveys to assess care experience.
• Longitudinal comparative analysis of approximately 4000 patients over 4 years, matched with control groups.

Main Results:

• (Results are not yet available as the study is in progress.)

Conclusions:

• (Conclusions will be drawn upon study completion.)