ArticleCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2000
Family physicians in maternity care. Still in the game? Report from the CFPC's Janus Project.
Article in Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Family practice versus specialist care for low-risk obstetrics: examining patient satisfaction in Newfoundland and Labrador.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2013Article
- Family physicians who provide intrapartum care and those who do not: very different ways of viewing childbirth.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2011Article
- Maternity care report. Janus Project: family physicians meeting the needs of tomorrow's society.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2002Article
- Weekly work hours and clinical activities of Canadian family physicians: results of the 1997/98 National Family Physician Survey of the College of Family Physicians of Canada.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2002Article
- Who provides walk-in services? Survey of primary care practice in Ontario.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2002Article
- The Ontario Family Medicine Residents Cohort Study: factors affecting residents' decisions to practise obstetrics.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2002Article
- Role of family physicians in hospitals. Did it change between 1977 and 1997?Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2001Article
- Family physicians and maternity care.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2000Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe family doctors' contribution to maternity care in Canada and to observe the influence of age, sex, region of the country, and practice population on provision of maternity care.
designSURVEY: College of Family Physicians of Canada's Janus Project national family physician survey.
settingAll 10 provinces and two territories.
participantsRandom sample of family physicians and general practitioners, both members and non-members of the College.
main outcome measuresProportion of family doctors participating in prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, and newborn care, and proportion of doctors involved in intrapartum care by age, sex, location in Canada, and practice population.
resultsOverall response rate was 58%. Just over 50% of all family doctors in Canada are involved in some aspect of maternity care; 19% do intrapartum care; and 33% are involved in prenatal (shared) care. Similar proportions of men and women still do intrapartum care, but women care for more pregnancies than men. More family doctors serving rural areas are doing intrapartum care compared with doctors in urban areas, although those in urban areas tend to do more deliveries. The western provinces have the highest percentages of intrapartum caregivers. A gradual decline in percentage of intrapartum caregivers by age group increases among the 55- to 64-year-old cohort. Almost a quarter of women doctors younger than 35 years are doing intrapartum care. Most physicians doing prenatal (shared) care look after women until the third trimester.
conclusionsFamily doctors are still providing a large proportion of maternity care in Canada. This contribution must be nurtured by the College through its Maternity and Newborn Care Committee and other contacts to encourage family doctors to continue offering this essential service to childbearing women in Canada.
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