Changing primary care capacity in Canada: protocol for a cross-provincial mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite having more family physicians (FPs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) per capita than ever before in Canada, there is a clear gap between population primary care needs and system capacity. Primary care needs may be shaped by population ageing, increasing clinical and social complexity and growing service intensity. System capacity may be shaped by falling practice volumes, increasing administrative workload, changing clinician demographics and new health system roles (eg, hospitalist and focused practices). These changing factors could contribute to reduced patient access to primary care, worsened health inequities and stress and overwork among primary care clinicians. Workforce planning tools used in most countries do not adequately consider these factors. Our stu

SUBMITTER: Lavergne MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11931926 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature