Ontario has more family doctors, but fewer are working in primary care, study shows (www.theglobeandmail.com)

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Despite the number of family doctors in Ontario rising over the last 30 years, fewer are practicing traditional, office-based, comprehensive primary care.

It’s a paradox that has bedevilled health-system planners in Canada for years: Why, as the number of family doctors per capita grew, did it become more difficult to find one?

The answer lies in how physicians trained in family medicine practise today, according to a new study based on 30 years of Ontario Health Insurance Plan billing data.

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