A survey reveals widespread frustration with primary care access in Canada due to a shortage of family doctors, with 20% of Canadians lacking regular access to one.

A comprehensive survey found widespread frustration with primary care access in Canada due to a severe shortage of family doctors. The survey suggests that patients see more primary health-care teams, access to their own electronic records, and faster licensing of foreign-trained physicians as key ways to solve the country's family doctor crisis. More than one in five Canadians do not have access to a family doctor or nurse practitioner they can see regularly.

February 26, 2024
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