Physicians are stressed in Canada too, younger doctors are not working as many hours...and they fear for a future shortage as well...BD
OTTAWA - A significant number of Canadian doctors plan to cut back on their hours or stop working completely over the next two years, according to a new survey of nearly 20,000 Canadian physicians.
The survey appears to back warnings of a worsening doctor shortage: more than 4,000 physicians plan to stop practicing within the next two years, the data suggest.
In addition, 35 per cent of doctors who responded to the census survey said they plan to cut back on their hours over the next two years. Doctors work an average 52 hours per week and provide an extra 130 hours per month of on-call duty, the survey shows. "We don't have enough doctors, now and we're not producing enough to fill the void," says Dr. Brian Day, president of the Canadian Medical Association.
Nearly 40 per cent of doctors surveyed said they have partially or completely closed their practice to new patients.
"We're stressed and we're stressed because we're constantly hearing every day in our offices of people who can't get in to see a family doctor," Wilson says. "We're always wishing we could do more."
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