Nearly 18 percent of family doctors based in the Toronto area are considering closing their doors within the next five years, according to a recent survey.
A report penned by eight researchers and published in the monthly peer-reviewed medical journal Canadian Family Physician surveyed doctors practicing “office-based, comprehensive family medicine” in Toronto and the surrounding areas, and asked them about their future plans.
The study firstly aimed to discover “the extent to which family physicians closed their doors altogether or for in-person visits during the pandemic,” but also found that 77 of the 439 family doctors surveyed, representing 17.5 percent, were planning to close in the next five years….