Quebec floated a plan to reassign family doctors from healthy patients to the most vulnerable, a move experts warn could be 'detrimental' to overall patient care.
Minister of Health and Social Services Christian Dubé took to X in French on Thursday letting Quebecers know they will keep their family doctors following pushback from the report. He stated the province is taking all measures to improve access and streamline front-line care, but did not clarify whether the proposed plan was entirely off the table.
Despite the lack of legs of this proposal, Dr. Marion Dove, a family physician and associate professor of family medicine at McGill University in Montreal, has called this idea dangerous and poorly conceived, warning that it could result in worse patient care and increased physician burnout. “Christian Dubé must absolutely clarify his position,” demanded Liberal MNA André Fortin in a telephone interview. “Is this a trial balloon or is this really the scenario he is considering today? He’s going to have to make decisions.”In an email to Global News on Wednesday, the Federation of General Practitioners of Quebec said it would be “precocious” to confirm whether or not this is a good or bad option.
The report also noted that healthy individuals, who account for 57 per cent of the population, make up 40 per cent of doctor visits, often for minor acute illnesses.On average, people registered with a family doctor consult between two and six times more clinics than those not registered, depending on their health profile.
The second category, among people with minor chronic conditions, who account for 1.4 million visits: registered people would lose 170,000 appointments and non-registered people would gain 90,000.
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