Changes over time in patient visits and continuity of care among graduating cohorts of family physicians in 4 Canadian provinces.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lack of patient access to family physicians in Canada is a concern. The role of recent physician graduates in this problem of supply of primary care services has not been established. We sought to establish whether career stage or graduation cohort were related to family physician practice volume and continuity of care over time.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of family physician practice from 1997/98 to 2017/18. We collected administrative health and physician claims data in British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Nova Scotia. We included all physicians who registered with their respective provincial regulatory colleges as having a medical specialty of family practice or who had billed the provincial health insurance system for patient care as

SUBMITTER: Rudoler D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9828986 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature