Source | Population Surveyed | Methods | Interval of Data Collection | Yeara | Data Collectedb | ||||||||
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Physician Demographicse | Practice Demographicsf | Clinical FTEg | Geographic Informationh | Vacant Positions | Retirement Data | Rheumatology Trainee Data | Alternative Models of Care | Allied Health | |||||
National surveys | |||||||||||||
NPS | Canadian rheumatologists | Electronic survey of Canadian physicians | Yearlyc | 2014 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓i | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
2013 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
2010 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓i | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
2007 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓i | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
CCAR | Canadian rheumatologists | Paper survey of division heads of academic rheumatology units | Yearly; since 1998d | 2014 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
2000–2009 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
PedsCRA | Canadian pediatric rheumatologists | Electronic survey of division heads of academic units | Four times; since 2004j | 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 Ontariok | Paper survey of Ontario rheumatologists | Four times; since 1992c | 2007 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
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.