el-Guebaly N, Beausejour P, Woodside B, Smith D, Kapkin I
Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Alberta.
Can J Psychiatry. 1991 Feb;36(1):9-15. doi: 10.1177/070674379103600103.
A systematic effort is underway to rationalize the planning of physician supply. This paper summarizes the current methodologies available and focuses on the attempts to determine the optimal psychiatrist-to-population ratio in Canada. The impact of several variables influencing this ratio is discussed. An outline of the correlation between target physician supply and requirements of future trainees is presented. While the relevant methodology is rapidly evolving, an improved process of data collection is urgently required. A number of challenges for our profession lay ahead, such as the need for sensitive and reliable measures of the adequacy of psychiatrist and subspecialist supply and public issues arising from the poor geographic distribution of psychiatric manpower.
目前正在进行一项系统性工作，以使医生供应规划合理化。本文总结了现有的方法，并重点关注加拿大确定精神科医生与人口最佳比例的尝试。讨论了影响该比例的几个变量的影响。概述了目标医生供应与未来受训人员需求之间的相关性。虽然相关方法正在迅速发展，但迫切需要改进数据收集过程。我们这个行业面临许多挑战，例如需要对精神科医生和专科医生供应充足程度进行敏感且可靠的衡量，以及精神科人力地理分布不佳引发的公共问题。
