TABLE 6.
Location of RFS and non-RFS physicians at the start of their practice and in 2010
| Starting Practice Community | 2010 Practice Community n (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same Rural | New Rural | Same Small Urban | New Small Urban | Same Urban | New Urban | Left Province | |
| Non-RFS Physicians (n=65)* | |||||||
| Urban n=50 | – | – | – | 2 (4.0) | 30 (60.0) | – | 18 (36.0) |
| Small Urban n=6 | – | – | 1 (16.7) | – | – | – | 5 (83.3) |
| Rural n=9 | 2 (22.2) | 3 (33.3) | – | 1 (11.1) | – | – | 3 (33.3) |
| RFS Physicians (n=59)* | |||||||
| Urban n=38 | – | – | – | 2 (5.3) | 28 (73.5) | – | 8 (21.0) |
| Small Urban n=12 | – | – | 10 (83.3) | – | – | 1 (8.3) | 1 (8.3) |
| Rural n=9 | 4 (44.4) | 3 (33.3) | – | – | – | 1 (11.1) | 1 (11.1) |
RFS = Return-for-service
*
Starting and 2010 practice community was not available for two non-RFS physicians; one RFS physician defaulted.