Family Physicians Stopping Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada.
Ann Fam Med
; 20(5): 460-463, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2054244
ABSTRACT
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%, P <0.001), had fee-for-service reimbursement (37.7% vs 24.9%, P <0.001), and had a panel size under 500 patients (40.0% vs 25.8%, P <0.001). Second, a fitted regression line found the absolute increase in the percentage of family physicians stopping work was 0.03% per year from 2010 to 2019 (P = 0.042) but 1.2% between 2019 to 2020 (P <0.001). More research is needed to understand the impact of physicians stopping work on primary care attachment and access to care.
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Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Physicians, Family
/
COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Ann Fam Med
Journal subject:
Family Practice
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Afm.2865
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