Environmental Scan - Government of Nova Scotia

Physician Resource PlanningAn Environmental Scanpractising in the province five years later. For Nova Scotia, only 36% were still practising in-province five yearslater.7.10 Key Observation – Conceptual Models1. An Adjusted Population Needs-Based Model (APNM) provides the best alignment with the statedstrategic government direction for PRP and the practical realities of modeling PRP with its manyvariables. An APNM combines demand model variables (e.g., current FFS/non-FFS utilization patternsby specialty) with population need model variables (e.g., population growth, disease incidence andprevalence, chronic disease management) and then conducts a reasonability test of the results againstbenchmarks and ratios.50 | Page Social Sector Metrics Inc. & Health Intelligence Inc. | 12/31/2011