Geographic distribution of physicians in Canada : Répartition géographique des médecins au Canada

CIHI also wishes to thank the College of Family Physicians of Canada, the Canadian Medical Association and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada for their review of and input on this report. [...] The study described in this report was conducted in part utilizing original data collected for the College of Family Physicians of Canada, the Canadian Medical Association and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada’s National Physician Survey Database. [...] The National Physician Survey, and all of the data contained therein, as well as the copyright-protected works of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, the Canadian Medical Association and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, cannot be copied or reproduced in whole or in part without permission of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, the Canadian Medical Association [...] CIHI 2005 1 Geographic Distribution of Physicians in Canada: Beyond How Many and Where A study published in 1999 documented the geographic distribution of physicians and highlighted issues around physician maldistribution in Canada.1 But the nature and the extent of distribution imbalances, as well as the public’s perceptions of them, are changing, and so is our understanding of what constitutes d [...] At the same time, research on the geographic distribution of physicians has become more sophisticated in the sense that it is now generally realized that the crux of the matter is not just the number of physicians and where they are located.