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.

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Health Policy
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2025-05-29
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105360
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Emergency and Acute Care Studies
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Do faster‑trained physicians fill the gaps? Geographic concentration of emergency medicine physicians with different postgraduate training in Ontario Canada

Martin Dowling, Grant Sweeny, Stephenson Strobel, Chris Armstrong et al.
Health Policy
Emergency and Acute Care Studies
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Do faster‑trained physicians fill the gaps? Geographic concentration of emergency medicine physicians with different postgraduate training in Ontario Canada

Martin Dowling, Grant Sweeny, Stephenson Strobel, Chris Armstrong, David Kanter-Eivin, Anil Esleben, Asil El Galad
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Abstract

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.

Health PolicyVol. 159
Cornell University (US), McMaster University (CA)
Openalex Percentile: Top 80%
Emergency and Acute Care Studies
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