Comments on: The patient dropping lottery http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/03/patient-dropping-lottery.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/03/patient-dropping-lottery.html#comment-84165 Anonymous Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:48:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/03/the-patient-dropping-lottery.html#comment-84165 yep, severe doctor shortage here in Edmonton, unfortunately for the 500 patients Dr. Ausford dropped many of them won't have any chance of finding a new family physician and will have to resort to walk-in clinics/emergency departments. And, in Canada you generally can't see a specialist without seeing a GP/family doctor first for a referral... yep, severe doctor shortage here in Edmonton, unfortunately for the 500 patients Dr. Ausford dropped many of them won’t have any chance of finding a new family physician and will have to resort to walk-in clinics/emergency departments. And, in Canada you generally can’t see a specialist without seeing a GP/family doctor first for a referral…

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/03/patient-dropping-lottery.html#comment-84141 Anonymous Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:34:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/03/the-patient-dropping-lottery.html#comment-84141 Mull? million. sorry 'bout that. Mull? million. sorry ’bout that.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/03/patient-dropping-lottery.html#comment-84136 Anonymous Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:27:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/03/the-patient-dropping-lottery.html#comment-84136 Edmonton Alberta has a population of about seven hundred thousand, metro area one mull<br/><br/>Wikipedia says Edmonton has a 2006 population of 730,372. Metro area is 1,034,945 in 2006.<br/><br/>So a good-sized city, comparable maybe to Portland Oregon. Edmonton is significantly bigger than, say, Boise or Spokane.<br/><br/>It is hardly surprising that a family doc in his 60's might want to slow down. Sometimes the docs turn away patients or encourage existing patients to go elsewhere.<br/><br/>But could you imagine a news article like this in the Portland or Seattle papers? Heck, even in the Boise newspapers? One single family doc slows down and there's some sort of an access crisis?<br/><br/>Either they're really hurting for doctors there, or they're hurting for newsworthy material. Edmonton Alberta has a population of about seven hundred thousand, metro area one mull

Wikipedia says Edmonton has a 2006 population of 730,372. Metro area is 1,034,945 in 2006.

So a good-sized city, comparable maybe to Portland Oregon. Edmonton is significantly bigger than, say, Boise or Spokane.

It is hardly surprising that a family doc in his 60′s might want to slow down. Sometimes the docs turn away patients or encourage existing patients to go elsewhere.

But could you imagine a news article like this in the Portland or Seattle papers? Heck, even in the Boise newspapers? One single family doc slows down and there’s some sort of an access crisis?

Either they’re really hurting for doctors there, or they’re hurting for newsworthy material.

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