Do faster‑trained physicians fill the gaps? Geographic concentration of emergency medicine physicians with different postgraduate training in Ontario Canada
We find that, from 2015 to 2024, emergency physicians have become more concentrated in the province of Ontario due to CCFP(EM) physicians concentrating around urban areas with academic medical centres. Policies relying on less extensively trained providers to plug staffing gaps may not necessarily be effective in improving equitable access to physicians.
Authors
- Martin Dowling
- Grant Sweeny
- Stephenson Strobel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9408-7992)
- Chris Armstrong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7462-5316)
- David Kanter-Eivin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3824-7589)
- Anil Esleben
- Asil El Galad
Institutions
- Cornell University (US)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Policy
- Published
- 2025-05-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105360
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00