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Ontario's underserviced area program revisited: An indirect analysis

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  • Anderson, Malcolm
  • Rosenberg, Mark W.

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Financial incentive programs are used in various developed and developing countries to effect change in the geographic distribution of physicians. The Underserviced Area Program of Ontario is the longest running financial incentive program in Canada. It is described in detail and analyzed for its effectiveness in solving the problems of the maldistribution of physicians in northern Ontario. Using location quotients as an indirect measure shows that the maldistribution of physicians continues despite the implementation of the program. It is argued that the unidimensional solution of financial incentives cannot be used to solve the multidimensional issue of accessibility to health care in rural and remote areas.

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  • Anderson, Malcolm & Rosenberg, Mark W., 1990. "Ontario's underserviced area program revisited: An indirect analysis," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 30(1), pages 35-44, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:30:y:1990:i:1:p:35-44
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    1. Pieter Serneels & Abigail Barr & Magnus Lindelow, 2005. "Understanding Geographical Imbalances in the Health Workforce," Economics Series Working Papers GPRG-WPS-018, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
    2. Matsumoto, Masatoshi & Inoue, Kazuo & Kajii, Eiji, 2010. "Policy implications of a financial incentive programme to retain a physician workforce in underserved Japanese rural areas," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 71(4), pages 667-671, August.
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    5. Serneels, Pieter & Lindelow, Magnus & Garcia-Montalvo, Jose & Barr, Abigail, 2005. "For public service or money : understanding geographical imbalances in the health workforce," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3686, The World Bank.
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