07-03-2015, 05:53 PM
(07-03-2015, 04:53 PM)DHLawrence Wrote: My doctor has an after-hours clinic that she and a few others staff. If we go to any other, regardless of the hours, we risk being kicked out by our doctor for doing so - doctors get billed when a patient goes to an outside clinic. And even when they are open, Telehealth will still send people to the ER unnecessarily.
This is a consequence of the capitation system by which many family doctors are compensated by OHIP.
OTOH most after hours clinics are intended for use by people who don't have a family doctor.