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Despite their utility, WICs face criticism for delivering lower-quality care compared to comprehensive, enrolment-based primary care models. Critics argue that WICs contribute to system inefficiencies and encourage practice patterns misaligned with population health goals. This study explored physician perspectives on two key outcomes often associated with low-quality care in WICs: repeat primary care visits and potentially inappropriate antibiotic prescribing. Using a qualitative descriptive approach, semi-structured interviews were conducted with Ontario-based family physicians (N\u2009=\u200919) who had experience practicing in both WICs and enrolment-based primary care. The findings highlight systemic challenges, including limited access to enrolment-based primary care and increasing healthcare demands, which have pushed WICs beyond their intended role. This misalignment has created tensions between their structure and purpose, resulting in visits that participants described as more transactional than those in primary care. These constraints\u2014rooted in a lack of informational and relational continuity\u2014often limited participants\u2019 ability to provide in-depth engagement or follow-up care. Repeat visits were frequently linked to efforts to ensure continuity for complex or chronic conditions. Similarly, participants acknowledged the reality of potentially inappropriate antibiotic prescribing, attributing it to the high patient volume, desire to satisfy patient expectations, and a tendency to \u201cerr on the side of caution\u201d when the nature of the illness is in question. The findings underscore how health system pressures and well-intended policies, such as Ontario\u2019s primary care access bonus, can produce unintended consequences, including inequities in access and difficulties with care coordination across settings. 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