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Family Physicians in Focused Practice in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Level Study of Trends From 1993/1994 Through 2021/2022

Hina Ansari, Richard H. Glazier, Susan E. Schultz, Michael E. Green, Kamila Premji, Eliot Frymire, Maryam Daneshvarfard, Liisa Jaakkimainen and Tara Kiran
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2025, 23 (3) 181-190; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.240377
Hina Ansari
1MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
PhD, MSc
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  • For correspondence: hina.ansari@unityhealth.to
Richard H. Glazier
1MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2Department of Family and Community Medicine, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3ICES Central, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
MD, MPH
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Susan E. Schultz
3ICES Central, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
MSc
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Michael E. Green
5Department of Family Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
6Health Services and Policy Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
7ICES Queen’s, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
8Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, Sudbury/Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
MD, MPH
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Kamila Premji
9Department of Family Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
10Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
11Institut du Savoir Montfort, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
MD, PhD
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Eliot Frymire
6Health Services and Policy Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
MA
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Maryam Daneshvarfard
1MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
MScCH
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Liisa Jaakkimainen
3ICES Central, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
12Department of Family and Community Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
MD, MSc
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Tara Kiran
1MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2Department of Family and Community Medicine, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3ICES Central, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
MD, MSc
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vol. 23 no. 3 181-190
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.240377

Published By 
The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication August 11, 2024
  • Revision received January 5, 2025
  • Accepted for publication January 20, 2025
  • Published online May 27, 2025.

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Author Information

  1. Hina Ansari, PhD, MSc1⇑,
  2. Richard H. Glazier, MD, MPH1,2,3,4,
  3. Susan E. Schultz, MSc3,
  4. Michael E. Green, MD, MPH5,6,7,8,
  5. Kamila Premji, MD, PhD9,10,11,
  6. Eliot Frymire, MA6,
  7. Maryam Daneshvarfard, MScCH1,
  8. Liisa Jaakkimainen, MD, MSc3,4,12 and
  9. Tara Kiran, MD, MSc1,2,3,4
  1. 1MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  2. 2Department of Family and Community Medicine, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  3. 3ICES Central, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  4. 4Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  5. 5Department of Family Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
  6. 6Health Services and Policy Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
  7. 7ICES Queen’s, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
  8. 8Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, Sudbury/Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
  9. 9Department of Family Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
  10. 10Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  11. 11Institut du Savoir Montfort, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  12. 12Department of Family and Community Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Hina Ansari, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1W8, Canada, hina.ansari{at}unityhealth.to

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Hina Ansari, Richard H. Glazier, Susan E. Schultz, Michael E. Green, Kamila Premji, Eliot Frymire, Maryam Daneshvarfard, Liisa Jaakkimainen, Tara Kiran
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