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 centres.
New Preprint Alert ‼️: Do Faster‑Trained Physicians Fill the Gaps? Geographic Concentration of Emergency Medicine physicians with different postgraduate training in Ontario Canada. With @notorioustrobeg and colleagues @MacMedNRC.
https://t.co/yp9ucmv9BI
Brief Synopsis:
Our results suggest that in the case of Ontario, relying on delivery of emergency care through less extensively trained physicians has not improved equity over time, and suggests relying on physician extenders to improve access may not solve supply issues in rural areas.
🚨WP alert - The Effects of Allowing Professional Incorporation on Physician Labour Supply
with @dkantereivin, @haeeuns and @adamsteiner9. What are the short/long effects of allowing professional incorporation on physician intensive/extensive margin labour supply? A thread: