BACKGROUND: Policy-makers interested in the supply of doctors in Canada have recently
begun focusing attention on older physicians. This study informs the policy debate by …

BACKGROUND: There is concern that the aging of Canada's population will strain our
health care system. The authors address this concern by examining changes in the …

OBJECTIVE: To examine what role demographic factors and increases in physician fees
and utilization played in the rise in costs of physician services provided for elderly people in …

Use of medical services by the elderly population is increasing. While rising numbers of
elderly persons account for much of the overall increase, per capita increases in use of …

We analysed physician fee-for-service use in British Columbia from 1974-75 to 1985-86.
Over the study period use increased by 5.3% per year. This can be factored into increases …

Purpose Nonmetropolitan communities are faced with health care professional shortages
and prior reports suggest that general surgeons are no exception. The purpose of this brief …

• Over the past 30 years, the specialty concentration of visits has shifted significantly. In
1978, 62 percent of visits by patients aged 65 and over were to primary care physicians …

Canadians have expressed concern that access to a family physician (FP) has declined
precipitously. Yet FP-to-population ratios remained relatively stable over the last decade …

The objective of this exploratory study was to compare elderly persons' likelihood of visiting
a family doctor/general practitioner or a medical specialist and the association of that …

Objective: To determine the influence of differing assumptions of population growth, visit
rates, prevalence of functional impairment, physician productivity, and hospitalization rates …