Comprehensiveness of care for women with depression: Association between primary care use and cervical cancer screening.

Objective: To explore comprehensiveness of care in patients with depression by examining associations between a diagnosis of depression, frequency of primary care visits, and Papanicolaou test completion.

Design: Cross-sectional retrospective survey using electronic medical record data from the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network.

Setting: Primary care practices in Ontario.

Implementation of data management and effect on chronic disease coding in a primary care organisation: A parallel cohort observational study.

Background: Consistent and standardized coding for chronic conditions is associated with better care; however, coding may currently be limited in electronic medical records (EMRs) used in Canadian primary care.Objectives To implement data management activities in a community-based primary care organisation and to evaluate the effects on coding for chronic conditions.

Methods: Fifty-nine family physicians in Toronto, Ontario, belonging to a single primary care organisation, participated in the study.