In common with the United States, Canadian primary care research has long been
neglected and underfunded. This situation has persisted despite ample evidence of the key …

383 speed of change, coupled with limited practice adaptive reserve and insufficient
embedding of primary research within demonstration programs, increases risk for …

The article focuses on the similarity of the initiatives of primary care research in Canada and
the US One element common to both countries is the establishment of practice-based …

and patient partners. Canada rotates the presidency of NAPCRG with the United States
every other year. It has elected nonphysician primary care researchers as often as …

Primary care research has been described as a “lost cause”, and, although this claim has
been strongly refuted, general practitioners publish less research than their colleagues in …

Most primary care physicians are well aware of the countless research studies across
disciplines that show the strength of a country's primary care system is directly linked to its …

Nearly half of all visits 1 take place in primary care, and the majority of diseases and
illnesses are managed within primary care without referrals to specialists and hospitals. 2 …

The provision of primary care secures equitable and cost-effective health care. 1, 2
Academic primary care is strong in countries where substantial levels of research funding …

World Health Organization of the importance of primary care in improving the health of
populations, with the medical literature providing supporting evidence. Under the influence …

We thank Dr. Lamontagne and colleagues for their timely analysis. 1 We agree that Canada
can and should do more to inte grate research with clinical care. Some of the most …