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- The average age of the Canadian physicians is 50.
- Shortages are not limited to rural areas; urban centres are experiencing widespread shortages, especially centres that
absorb large numbers of immigrants each year.
- The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) average number of physicians per 1000 population is
36% higher than Canada's. To match the OECD ratio, Canada would need 26,000 more physicians.
- The public is well informed and has high expectations of the services and tests they feel they are entitled to recieve,
especially with respect to the quality of life in later years.
- Population growth is going to result in an extra 1.3 million people by 2012.
- By 2012 we will need to increase the number of family physicians to cover a total of 4.6 million more Canadians.(includes
the current 3.3million without a family physician). This will take 5,200 more family physicians.
- Patients have increasingly complex and chronic conditions that can be expected in an aging population. This means
each patient requires more time/services to address his or her health needs.
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