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September 14, 2026Canadian Family PhysicianOpen Access

Family physician home visits provide essential care continuity and require better health system support.

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Why the study?

Home visits by family physicians in Canada have declined substantially over the past several decades, representing a very small portion of family medicine practice.

Design

Editorial

Key result

Home visits by family physicians provide essential context, continuity, and comprehensiveness to patient care, and should be better supported and sustained in the health care system.

Authors

SNSarah Newbery

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Overview

Supports renewed policy focus on home visits amid decline; leaves open need for rigorous trials before practice change.

Key Points

  • To examine trends in family physician home visits and highlight their role in patient-centred primary care.
  • Review of historical physician practice patterns and home visit frequency in Canada over several decades.
  • Evaluation of foundational principles of family medicine concerning home-based clinical care.
  • Home visits by family physicians in Canada have experienced a substantial qualitative decline over several decades.
  • In-home medical assessments currently constitute only a very small fraction of routine family medicine practice.

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Cite This Study

Sarah Newbery (2026) reported an editorial. Home visits was evaluated. Home visits by family physicians provide essential context, continuity, and comprehensiveness to patient care, and should be better supported and sustained in the health care system.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa7afef79e9260bc85aac79https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.7209527
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