The Physician Anesthesia Workforce in Canada From 1996 to 2018: A Longitudinal Analysis of Health Administrative Data
Authors' conclusion
This study provides foundational information regarding anesthesia workforce capacity over a 22-year period, including insights into demographics, locations of practice, and clinical volumes.
Study context
- Population
- Physicians providing anesthesia care in Canada (specialist anesthesiologists and family physician anesthetists, family physician anesthetists (FPAs)), 1996–2018workforce in 2018, incl
- Participants
- 3,681 physicians
- Outcome
- Anesthesia workforce trends 1996–2018
Methodological detailsdescriptive, national registry data, Data from Canadian Institute of Health Information (CIHI) and the Canadian Post-MD Education Registry (CAPER)
- Descriptive
- National registry data
- Data from CIHI and the Canadian Post-MD Education Registry (CAPER)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Workforce growth (fold)
- 1.8
- Nerve block services increase (fold)
- 7
- Payments for other anesthesia services increase (fold)
- 5
- Increase in average age of workforce (years)
- 2.3
- Annual retirement rate
- 3%
- Male proportion in 2018
- 73%
- Internationally trained (stable)
- about 30%
- Internationally trained in rural areas
- 38%
- FPA attrition rate vs specialists (fold higher)
- 2- to 3-fold
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
The Physician Anesthesia Workforce in Canada From 1996 to 2018: A Longitudinal Analysis of Health Administrative Data. Anesth Analg. Published 16 November 2023. doi:10.
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