趋势发生冲突:全面家庭医生老龄化和患者日益复杂化
Kamila Premji1, Richard H Glazier2, Michael E Green3
1Family physician in Ottawa, Ont, Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa, Clinician Researcher at the Institut du Savoir Montfort, and a PhD in family medicine candidate at Western University in London, Ont.
家庭医生劳动力正在老龄化,越来越多的医生即将退休,并照顾老年,更生病的患者. 这一趋势因疫情加剧而加剧,引发了对未来患者护理能力的担忧.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 医疗劳动力分析 医疗劳动力分析
- 老年医学 老年医学
背景情况:
- COVID-19大流行影响了全球的医疗保健系统,需要对初级保健医生人口统计和患者人群的最新理解.
- 综合家庭医生 (FP) 对于初级保健提供至关重要,他们的员工特征对于有效的卫生系统规划至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 分析自COVID-19大流行以来安大略省即将退休的综合家庭医生及其患者特征的最新趋势.
- 通过识别FP人口统计,退休模式和患者复杂性的变化,为劳动力规划提供信息.
主要方法:
- 在安大略省,连接卫生行政数据集的人口级串行横截面分析.
- 检查全面FP的数量,比例和特征的时间趋势,重点关注即将退休的人 (65岁以上).
- 对临近退休的FP附加的患者群体的分析,包括年龄和慢性疾病患病率.
主要成果:
- 综合FP劳动力增长在2019年后停滞不前,职业生涯早期的医生数量下降,女性医生占多数.
- 越来越多的FP年龄在65岁及以上,与此相对应的患者数量增加与即将退休的医生联系在一起.
- 接近退休的FP患者年龄较大,慢性疾病负担较高,所有年龄组的实践都在增加患者的复杂性和资源需求.
结论:
- 随着家庭医生员工的老龄化和流行病后患者复杂性的增加,对医疗保健能力构成了挑战.
- 迫切需要人力资源规划,以确保医生即将退休的患者的持续护理.
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