{
  "abstract": "Introduction People with chronic pain are a high health service using population, representing a significant proportion of primary care visits, but their health service use and needs have been largely understudied. This mixed-methods study investigates experiences of accessing primary care services for people with chronic pain in British Columbia (BC), Canada.Methods and analysis This research programme includes a retrospective cohort study using administrative data, semistructured interviews with people with chronic pain, and triangulation of data. The aim is to support a more robust understanding of how people with chronic pain access primary care services and how this impacts other health services use. These studies emphasise the importance of lived/living experience of chronic pain through the inclusion of individuals with lived experience on the research team and study council, qualitative interviews with people with chronic pain and application of a critical disability theory lens.Ethics and dissemination We have obtained ethics approvals from the Simon Fraser University research ethics board. Population Data BC has granted access to de-identified administrative data. Study findings will be disseminated through academic outputs and through knowledge mobilisation with relevant community partners.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Ellie Gooderham"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "M Ruth Lavergne"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Medicine, Simon Fraser University, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Rita K McCracken"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Community Partner, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Emily Holtorf-Ma"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Lindsay Hedden"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Access to primary care for people with chronic pain: a lived/living experience-informed mixed-methods study protocol",
  "uid": "cc4f93ec-a163-57c6-b83e-3c6df22e6bca"
}