Table 1

Practice patterns of Ontario family medicine graduates (academic years 1995–1996 to 2002–2003) working in Ontario during fiscal years 1996 to 2004: A) First 2 years of practice after residency; B) years 3 to 5 in practice; C) years 6 and more in practice.

A)
		PROPORTION OF PHYSICIAN YEARS
TYPE OF TRAINING	TOTAL NO. OF PHYSICIAN YEARS	ANESTHESIA	EM	HOME VISITS	HOSPITAL VISITS	NURSING HOME VISITS	OBSTETRICS	OFFICE ONLY	PALLIATIVE CARE	RURAL
PGY2 (all)	2051	0.7	35.7	32.4	48.8	10.1	11.1	13.8	0.8	15.7
EM	347	6.3^*	98.6^*	8.1^*	68.3^*	3.2^*	1.7^*	0.3^*	0.0	13.8
Anesthesia	47	91.5^*	72.3^*	19.1	68.1^†	10.6	6.4	0.0^†	0.0	31.9^†
Elderly or palliative care	31	0.0	25.8	61.3^‡	71.0^§	41.9^*	3.2	6.5	6.5^‡	19.4
NOFM or NOMP	53	20.8^*	86.8^*	17.0^†	88.7^*	18.9^§	39.6^*	1.9^§	1.9	73.6^*
All others	224	10.7^*	48.2^†	24.1^§	63.8^*	8.0	33.0^*	12.9	0.9	12.9

B)
		PROPORTION OF PHYSICIAN YEARS
TYPE OF TRAINING	TOTAL NO. OF PHYSICIAN YEARS	ANESTHESIA	EM	HOME VISITS	HOSPITAL VISITS	NURSING HOME VISITS	OBSTETRICS	OFFICE ONLY	PALLIATIVE CARE	RURAL

PGY2 (all)	2422	0.8	30.8	33.4	47.4	9.8	8.6	14.6	2.0	14.6
EM	346	9.0^*	95.7^*	10.4^*	67.1^*	2.9^*	1.4^*	0.9^*	0.3^§	11.9
Anesthesia	34	91.2^*	55.9†	26.5	64.7§	17.6	14.7	0.0§	0.0	23.5
Elderly or palliative care	24	0.0	29.2	33.3^\|\|	62.5	37.5^*	0.0	16.7	4.2	16.7
NOFM or NOMP	48	16.7^*	72.9^*	20.8	79.2^*	20.8^§	43.8^*	14.6	0.0	64.6^*
All others	246	15.0^*	44.7^*	24.4^†	62.6^*	6.9	30.9^*	9.4^§	2.0	10.6

C)
		PROPORTION OF PHYSICIAN YEARS
TYPE OF TRAINING	TOTAL NO. OF PHYSICIAN YEARS	ANESTHESIA	EM	HOME VISITS	HOSPITAL VISITS	NURSING HOME VISITS	OBSTETRICS	OFFICE ONLY	PALLIATIVE CARE	RURAL

PGY2 (all)	1389	1.0	23.2^¶	31.7	41.2^¶	10.2	6.4^¶	19.3^#	3.4^#	11.7^**
EM	159	15.7^*^††	91.2^*^¶	13.8^*^‡‡	66.0^*	3.8^†	0.6^†	0.6^*	1.3^‡‡	8.2
Anesthesia	Cell numbers too small to report
Elderly or palliative care	Cell numbers too small to report
NOFM or NOMP	22	22.7^*	86.4^*	18.2	77.3^‡	18.2	45.5^*	0.0^§	9.1	50.0^*^\|\|
All others	168	14.3	44.0	22.0	51.8^\|\|	4.2	25.0	13.7	1.8	10.7

EM emergency medicine, NOFM Northeastern Ontario Family Medicine Program, NOMP Northwestern Ontario Medical Program, PGY2 postgraduate year 2.
Data from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, April 2006.
↵* P < .0001 compared with PGY2 graduates.
↵† P < .01 compared with PGY2 graduates.
↵‡ P < .001 compared with PGY2 graduates.
↵§ P < .05 compared with PGY2 graduates.
↵|| Decreased (P < .05) compared with years 1 and 2 in same program (years 3–5 for anesthesia and elderly or palliative care, years ≥ 6 for all others).
↵¶ Decreased (P < .0001) compared with years 1 and 2 in same program.
↵# Increased (P < .0001) compared with years 1 and 2 in same program.
↵** Decreased (P < .001) compared with years 1 and 2 in same program.
↵†† Increased (P < .001) compared with years 1 and 2 in same program.
↵‡‡ Increased (P < .05) compared with years 1 and 2 in same program.