Who are the primary health care physicians in British Columbia?

The Behavioural Research Ethics Board of the University of British Columbia approved the program, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia approved the use of their data to ensure the accuracy of counts and determinations regarding geographic location of physicians. [...] Th erefore, we measured the associa- Th e third step of classifi cation involved a cross tabulation tion between physician-to-population ratios and the health of MRRS and type of practice in order to cluster physicians service needs of the populations who reside in the same into nine discrete groups. [...] Th is analysis is provider based and relates the geographic Primary source of data used to assign location of PHC physicians to the size of the population PHC physicians to jurisdictions that reside in the same area. [...] Th e supply only two per cent of the workforce with a type of practice of PHC physicians and mix of PHC physicians to special- similar to specialists had a family physician designation. [...] Th e second largest reduction in proaches to assess the robustness of the findings pre- supply occurred in Fraser Health (2% relative decline), sented here, and to learn more about the geographic and this health authority had the lowest level of supply in distribution of physician supply and delivery of medical 2004/05 (77 per 100,000).