Nearly 1.8 million patients in the country’s most populous province did not have a regular primary-care provider as of March, 2020
, when the pandemic hit, according to figures released Tuesday by the Ontario College of Family Physicians. At the same time, another 1.7 millionThe data were compiled by Ottawa family doctor Kamila Premji as part of her PhD research atand drawn from Ontario Health Insurance Plan records for all of the province’s residents, which provide a more comprehensive picture of primary care access than polls or surveys.
Fewer medical school graduates as a share of the total are picking family medicine as their top choice for residencies now than in the past, according to the Canadian Resident Matching Service, the national organization that arranges training opportunities for physicians. This year, 30 per cent of Canadian graduates chose it first, down from 37 per cent in 2015.
Ontario patients are far from alone in struggling to find primary care. In fact, Dr. Premji said several other Canadian jurisdictions likely have it worse.
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