Calculating physician supply using a service day method and the income percentiles method: a descriptive analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is important to have an accurate count of physicians and a measurable understanding of their service provision for physician resource planning. Our objective was to compare 2 methods (income percentiles [IP] and service day activities [SVD]) for calculating the supply of full-time (FT) and part-time (PT) primary care physicians (PCPs) as measures of both physician supply counts and level of provider continuity.

Methods

Using an observational study design, we compared 2 methods of calculating the supply of PT and FT PCPs for 2011-2015. For the IP approach, the Canadian Institute for Health Information's method was applied to Alberta Health billing data. The SVD method calculated annual service days for fee-for-service PCPs. A simple descriptive analysis was cond

SUBMITTER: McDonald T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7721248 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature