IT has been stated that when doctors gather together they talk only of problems and when
businessmen get together they talk only of solu¬ tions. At this conference we should attempt …

" A rough measure of adequacy of medical services is the physician-population ratio. During
the period 1900-1950 the national ratio in Canada has been, with remarkable constancy, of …

A consultant's expectation of service is about30 years. A senior registrar serves about four
years, a registrar two years, and a senior house-officer one year in each post. Since there …

Gross estimated figures on Canadian medical manpower for the years 1960 to 1965 show
an apparent improvement in most areas during the past six years. As subsequent tables will …

A consideration of medical education in the context of the National Health Service highlights
one recurrent paradox. In Britain the NHS is the major employer of medical manpower—it is …

It is apparent from the literature on health programs that attempts to estimate the manpower
necessary to give current and future health services to the American people are of major …

In December, 1958, the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service appointed a
consultant group to study and report to him on the question of how the United States is to be …

When one is asked:" Does Canada have enough doctors?", the most ap-propriate answer
is:" By comparison with what?" When one studies interna¬ tional population-to-physician …

In the Beveridge Report, 1942 (Appendix A, p. 201), the cost of a comprehensive health
service for Great Britain was estimated by the Government Actuary at roughly£ 170 million …

ONE of the major impediments to national forward planning of Australian health services Is
the absence of reliable statistics of the size and composition of the medical work force." The …