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How will return-of-service sites be determined for specialists who wish to return service in the southern part of the province?

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How will return-of-service sites be determined for specialists who wish to return service in the southern part of the province?

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In order to determine where there is an undersupply of specialist services in southern Ontario, the ministry has reviewed geographic areas on a county-by-county basis. In order to determine if a community is geographically undersupplied, the 1996 census information for the community and county is identified. The physician-to-population ratio, as recommended by The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, is applied to the county population figure to determine the number of specialists which are required to serve that population. The number of physicians practicing in each area is obtained through the Ontario Physician Human Resource Data Centre. The number of specialists that are available is compared to the number of specialists that should be available. If the data identifies that there are 75% or less than the number of specialists that are recommended by the ratio, the county is considered geographically undersupplied and a Free Tuition recipient may opt to fulfil his/he

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