Too many patients, too few cardiologists to care?

Too many patients, too few cardiologists to care?

1Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto; 2Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute; 3Canadian Cardiovascular Society, Ottawa, Ontario; 4Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology; 5Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia Correspondence: Dr H Ross, Toront...

[Too many or too few cardiologists?].

116 Cardiology has undergone explosive growth in recent years. This has been attributed to a series of factors, especially to scientific and technological advances, greater opportunities for the adequate treatment of many cardiovascular disorders and the growing public awareness of the magnitude of the problem created by these diseases. Moreover, the public has access to increasing amounts of i...

Too few physicians, or too many?

Rate Changes – Too many or too few ?

Too few doctors--or too many?

THIS conclusion has led the Royal Commission to recommend doubling the existing numbers of doctors within the next 30 years. This is an expensive proposal that is likely to add many millions of pounds to the annual budget of the nation. It requires careful examination. Estimates of medical manpower requirements are fraught with difficulties and hazards. The proposals of the Willink Committee (1...