National survey highlights worsening primary care access
Diana Duong, Lauren Vogel
Abstract
More than one in five Canadians — an estimated 6.5 million people — do not have a family physician or nurse practitioner they see regularly, according to a national survey. That’s a dramatic increase since 2019 when Statistics Canada estimated only 4.5 million people did not have a regular
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Primary careFamily medicineMedicinePrimary health careEnvironmental healthPopulationPrimary Care and Health OutcomesGlobal Health Workforce IssuesHealthcare Policy and Management