What’s your social rank? Status can influence welcome into a doctor’s office

Family physicians’ offices in Toronto more frequently rebuffed people of low socio-economic status seeking first appointments, even when there is no economic incentive to do so, a new study found. All Canadians have universal, publicly-funded health insurance. In 2011, researchers called nearly 400 family practice offices seeking a first appointment, posing as either a newly-transferred…

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