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Environmental Scan - Government of Nova Scotia

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Physician Resource PlanningAn <strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Scan</strong>Figure 41 <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> – FTE by Gender - Actual province-wide 2009/10 FFS and Shadow-bill data (source: MSI and PHReD)The following CIHI table compares FFS counts with FFS FTEs. In <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> the ratio <strong>of</strong> female to male is 0.75in family medicine, 0.82 for specialists, and 0.77 overall. Nationally the ratio’s are 0.73, 0.78, and 0.75respectively.Figure 42 Physician Ratio <strong>of</strong> Counts and FTEs, 2008/099.3 Pr<strong>of</strong>ile – AgeCIHI released the latest national estimates <strong>of</strong> physician age in 2009. The figure below shows <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> verysimilar to the national average for general practitioners and specialists. <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> is 49.6 and 49.9,respectively, and nationally the average is 49.1 and 50.3, respectively, for general practitioners and specialists.The American Association <strong>of</strong> Medical Colleges (AAMC), in 2008 (data by specialty), reported the specialties withthe highest percentage <strong>of</strong> members over age 55 were preventive medicine, psychiatry, pathology, allergy &immunology, urology, and thoracic surgery. The 2010 National Physician Survey, <strong>Nova</strong> <strong>Scotia</strong> specific, reported73 | Page Social Sector Metrics Inc. & Health Intelligence Inc. | 12/31/2011

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