The evolving role of Canada's fee-for-service family physicians, 1994 to 2003 : Évolution du rôle des médecins de famille du Canada rémunérés à l'acte, 1994 à 2003 : profils provinciaux

While a thorough examination of the many ways that family doctors contribute to the health of Canadians is beyond the scope of this study, it does offer a summary of how commonly family doctors provide a range of services and how family practice varies across Canada. [...] The Evolving Role of Canada s Fee-for-Service Family Physicians 1994 to 2003 Family doctors provide care in a wide variety of clinical areas, although some more commonly than others Results of this study help to describe the broad range of clinical areas that fee-for-service family doctors participate in. [...] In a number of clinical areas, as the percentage of family doctors who provide care decreases, the average number of services per family physician increases In this study, the most commonly observed practice trend is that of decreased family physician participation, combined with an increase in the average number of services provided by those family doctors who continue to provide care. [...] The percentage of New Brunswick family physicians who provided anesthesia services dropped from 5.7% in 1994 to 2.8% in 2003; the average number of anesthesia services provided by family physicians went from 547 in 1994 to 191 in 2003 (see Figure 3.2.4.2). [...] While the percentages of family doctors providing these two types of clinical services remained fairly stable between 1994 and 2003, the average number of mental health care services provided by family physicians increased and the average number of anesthesia services provided decreased.