Expanded medical training not likely to increase supply of FP care.WINNIPEG -- Will expanded medical schools increase the supply of care by family practioners? A study at the Manitoba Health Manitoba Health is an agency of the Government of Manitoba. It is overseen by the Minister of Health, and provides information on various aspects of health care in Manitoba, Canada. Centre suggests that it will not. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a study reported in the Journal of the Canadian Medical Association The Canadian Medical Association (CMA), with more than 65,000 members, is the largest association of doctors in Canada and works to represent their interests nationally. It formed in 1867, three months after Confederation. in August: * Family practicioners between 30 and 49 years of age (64% of the workforce) provided 20% fewer visits per year than their same-age peers did 10 years previously. * Conversely, FPS (Frames Per Second) The measurement of full-motion video performance. See frame. fps - frames per second 60 to 69 years of age (11% of the workforce) provided 33% more visits per year than the corresponding group a decade earlier. On a per capita [Latin, By the heads or polls.] A term used in the Descent and Distribution of the estate of one who dies without a will. It means to share and share alike according to the number of individuals. basis, the number of FPS declined by 5%, from 97 per 100,000 population in 1991/92 to 92 per 100 000 population in 2000/01, which paralleled changes in national estimates of FP supply. Per capita visit rates among Winnipeg citizens (3.5 per year in 2000/01) and average work-loads among FPS (4,193 visits per year in 2000/01) were stable over the decade. "Given these data, the perpetual focus of policy-makers and care providers on increasing numbers of FPS will not help in diagnosing or treating issues of supply, workloads and access to care," the article states. |
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