An estimated 170,000 patients lost access to primary care
TORONTO — Ontario family doctors left the profession at the start of the pandemic at double the rate of the years before COVID-19 hit, new research indicates.
"We really need to address this issue by supporting more people to go into family medicine and primary care." Researchers also found that doctors 65 and older had left the job at a higher rate compared to those the same age in pre-pandemic times. Kiran said researchers are currently surveying doctors to better understand why they left the field.
The researchers are calling for a re-evaluation of the payment model for family doctors in order to stabilize incomes, Kiran said.
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