Creator:

Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)

Geography:

North America > Canada

Categories:

• Healthcare Practitioners

Tags:

• billing practices
• data trends
• family doctors
• family physicians
• fee-for-service

Date:

1994-2003

URL:

http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/products/PhysiciansREPORT_eng_PC_Final%20report.pdf

Annotation:

This new report, based on CIHI's National Physician Database, looks at how family doctors' billing practices have changed over the 10-year period from 1994 to 2003. The report looks at how family doctors practice in each of the provinces, focusing on a variety of health care services including office and hospital visits, mental health care, basic procedures (such as suturing and joint injection/aspiration), advanced procedures (like setting broken bones and intensive care/resuscitation), surgical services (such as appendectomies and tonsillectomies), anesthesia services, obstetrical care and assisting in the operating room. Variations across jurisdictions and 10-year trends within each province are featured within the report. Data trends are examined across urban and rural settings, as well as for physician age and gender groups.