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From: Do primary care physicians coordinate ambulatory care for chronic disease patients in Canada?
Criteria for developing the study cohort. Physician visit data from chronic disease patients was obtained from the Repository. Patients with one or more chronic disease(s) were included in the study if they met the following inclusion criteria: they were in the Manitoba Health Insurance Registry, were at least 19 years old, had lived in Manitoba during the entire study period, and had made at least 4 ambulatory visits to primary care physicians or specialists during the 3-year study period.