This indicator measures the proportion of active physicians in rural areas.
High proportions are desirable, all else being equal.
Data availability:
to (calendar years)
Geographic coverage
All provinces/territories
Reporting level
National, Province/Territory, Provider
Calculation
Number of active physicians in rural areas divided by the number of total active physicians in rural and urban areas
Denominator
The number of total active physicians in rural and urban areas
Numerator
The number of active physicians in rural areas. Rural status is derived using the postal code associated with the physician's primary mailing address. Based on Statistics Canada's methodology, postal codes outside of census metropolitan areas (CMAs) or census agglomerations (CAs) were coded as rural.
Comments
Not applicable