title: Interest in physician-buyout packages grows as more doctors contemplate retirement.
abstract: Provincial governments are turning to voluntary retirement programs, buyouts and phase-outs to help manage physician supply. Demographic data show that in 1996 nearly 27% of Canada's active physicians were aged 55 or older and that the average age of retiring physicians was 68. Although 1 goal of such programs is to give willing older physicians the financial ability to retire, provinces also hope to do away with some billing numbers.
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authors.lastname: Robb
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005245:Fee Schedules; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000191:economics; D008511:Medicine; D008875:Middle Aged; D009674:Nova Scotia; D010415:Pensions; D010820:Physicians / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D011331:Private Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011792:Quebec; D012179:Retirement / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D013038:Specialization