Dr. Tara Kiran: Incentivizing Ontario doctors to offer ‘after-hours’ care didn’t decrease emergency room visits

You’re getting home after a long day at work and the cough that has been bugging you just doesn’t seem to be letting up. Your muscles ache, you’ve got chills and you hear a slight wheeze when you breathe. What do you do?
Do you head to the local emergency department? A walk-in clinic? Or does your family doctor have an after-hours service?
As a family doctor, I’d like to think you’d call your doctor’s office or go to their after-hours clinic. But chances are,