Dr. Sunita MacMullin told CBC News she was leaving behind about 1,900 patients, although she's willing to see them in Sussex if they can get there. She claims she was moving because other members of her physician group wouldn’t provide backup for her
Japan, the country with the longest life expectancy, is rarely included in cross-country comparisons such as this one. In this study, researchers examined the relative contributions of social and behavioral factors on the differences in survival
The research of middle-aged U.S. adults compared census tract data on socioeconomic deprivation and heart failure rates. The data included neighbourhood-level variables of wealth, education, occupation and housing patterns. Participant demographics
The university’s pharmacist-led primary care clinic opened in in 2013. It was created to develop models of best practice, to be a site where pharmacy students can learn and to be a "living laboratory", where research is carried out by the university
The provincial agency that monitors the health system and recommends whether or not services or devices should be publicly funded sent a report to the province’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care recommending psychotherapy in individual or group
The Fraser Institute’s report warns that if current trends continue, Canada likely won’t close the gap in the coming years either. It finds that in 2015, Canada had 2.7 doctors per 1,000 people – a figure that it says is almost 20% lower than the 3.4
In the 12 years since it was opened, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine reports that 94% of family medicine graduates who do their residency in the North practice there, while two-thirds of all graduates opt to work in remote and rural areas and
The team of four doctors in Oromocto, who are the first to operate under the Family Medicine New Brunswick model, will be responsible for approximately 4,800 patients. The collaborative care team is a new approach for the province, as a similar model
The U.K.'s Care Quality Commission (CQC) currently rates hospital care, social care and GPs. Under the new plan, it will rate 800 more providers who will be required to display their rating on their website or business premises. The latest plans
It's reported that since 2010, surgeons at public hospitals removed 2,363 gastric bands that were implanted at private clinics. At a cost of between $3,000 and $14,000 per removal, it's estimated the cost of the post-op surgeries to the taxpayer is