Family Physicians Stopping Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada

Family Physicians Stopping Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada

We conducted 2 analyses using administrative data to understand whether more family physicians in Ontario, Canada stopped working during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with previous years. First, we found 3.1% of physicians working in 2019 (n = 385/12,247) reported no billings in the first 6 months...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of family medicine 2022-09, Vol.20 (5), p.460-463
Hauptverfasser: Kiran, Tara, Green, Michael E, Wu, C Fangyun, Kopp, Alexander, Latifovic, Lidija, Frymire, Eliot, Moineddin, Rahim, Glazier, Richard H
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Sprache:eng
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Canada
Control
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - prevention & control
Epidemics
Fee-for-Service Plans
Humans
Medicine
Ontario - epidemiology
Pandemics - prevention & control
Physicians (General practice)
Physicians, Family
Practice
Research Brief
Social aspects
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Zusammenfassung:We conducted 2 analyses using administrative data to understand whether more family physicians in Ontario, Canada stopped working during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with previous years. First, we found 3.1% of physicians working in 2019 (n = 385/12,247) reported no billings in the first 6 months of the pandemic; compared with other family physicians, a higher portion were aged 75 years or older (13.0% vs 3.4%,
ISSN:1544-1709
1544-1717
DOI:10.1370/afm.2865