Table 2.

National and provincial data sources about rheumatologist workforce characteristics.

Source	Population Surveyed	Methods	Interval of Data Collection	Year^a	Data Collected^b
Source	Population Surveyed	Methods	Interval of Data Collection	Year^a	Physician Demographics^e	Practice Demographics^f	Clinical FTE^g	Geographic Information^h	Vacant Positions	Retirement Data	Rheumatology Trainee Data	Alternative Models of Care	Allied Health
National surveys
NPS	Canadian rheumatologists	Electronic survey of Canadian physicians	Yearly^c	2014	✓	✓	✓ⁱ	✓				✓
				2013	✓	✓		✓		✓			✓
				2010	✓	✓	✓ⁱ	✓		✓		✓	✓
				2007	✓	✓	✓ⁱ	✓		✓		✓
CCAR	Canadian rheumatologists	Paper survey of division heads of academic rheumatology units	Yearly; since 1998^d	2014	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
CCAR	Canadian rheumatologists		Yearly; since 1998^d	2000–2009	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
PedsCRA	Canadian pediatric rheumatologists	Electronic survey of division heads of academic units	Four times; since 2004^j	2012		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Averns, et al¹²	Canadian rheumatologists	Electronic survey of CRA members	Once	2012	✓	✓						✓	✓
Provincial surveys
BCSR	Rheumatologists Columbia in British	Electronic survey of BCSR members	Twice	2010, 2013	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
ACREU	Rheumatologists in Ontario^k	Paper survey of Ontario rheumatologists	Four times; since 1992^c	2007	✓	✓		✓		✓		✓	✓
ACREU	Rheumatologists in Ontario^k	Paper survey of Ontario rheumatologists	Four times; since 1992^c	2000	✓	✓		✓					✓

↵a Year of data collection. If multiple iterations of the survey, listed together. If surveys differed in variables to be extracted, listed separately.
↵b Check marks (✓) indicate this type of data was collected.
↵c Yearly since 2012. Also performed in 2004 and 2012: no information on rheumatology workforce.
↵d Only results since the year 2000 included.
↵e Physician demographics include age, sex of rheumatologist.
↵f Practice demographics include practice setting (community/hospital/academic, group/solo, mixed), distribution of time (teaching/clinical care/research/administration).
↵g Reported as clinical FTE or average FTE with allocation of time to clinical care, unless otherwise specified.
↵h Geographic information includes information on community served (population vs urban/suburban/rural, etc.), postal code, LHIN or sub-LHIN.
↵i Reported as total hours (excluding on-call) worked per week in direct patient care.
↵j Only results from the most recent survey reported.
↵k Rheumatologists in Ontario caring for patients ≥ 15 years old. ACREU: Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit; BCSR: British Columbia Society of Rheumatologists; CCAR: Canadian Council of Academic Rheumatologists; CRA: Canadian Rheumatology Association; PedsCRA: CRA Pediatric Committee; FTE: full-time equivalent; LHIN: Local Health Integration Network; NPS: National Physicians Survey.