The Physician Anesthesia Workforce in Canada From 1996 to 2018: A Longitudinal Analysis of Health Administrative Data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A robust anesthesia workforce is essential to the provision of safe surgical, obstetrical, and critical care but information describing the physician anesthesia workforce and volume of clinical services delivered in Canada is limited. This study examines the Canadian physician anesthesia workforce, exploring trends in physician characteristics and activity levels over time. Practice patterns of specialist anesthesiologists and family physician anesthetists (FPAs) working in urban and rural communities were of particular interest.

Methods

Physicians who provided anesthesia care between 1996 and 2018 were identified using health administrative data from the Canadian Institute of Health Information (CIHI). In addition, data from the Canadian Post-MD Education Registr

SUBMITTER: Simkin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10629603 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature