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Do we need more doctors?

Karen Bloor Vivien Hendry   Alan Maynard

Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. UK medical school intake, 1960-present, by gender (Ref. 6)

 

View larger version (15K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. Doctors per 1000 population, selected OECD countries, 2003 (Ref. 7)

 

View larger version (10K): [in a new window]   Figure 3. Activity ratios by age and gender in Canada, 2002/2003 (Ref. 36). Activity ratios compare the relative amount of work two groups of physicians do, as measured by fee-for-service activity, taking into account which provinces in which they practise in and the which specialties they practise. A ratio of 1.0 represents a typical full-time physician in fee-for-service practice

 

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