BC's physician­patient ratio CMAJ 1998;158:173 See response from: L. Buske Lynda Buske's article, "Physician supply: A change in direction?" (CMAJ 1997;157[3]:348 [full text / texte complet]), was interesting. However, because elderly patients make more visits to the doctor, it might be useful to rework the data to show the number of doctors relative to older patients — say those older than 60 years. In the case of British Columbia, we might find that there has not been an increase in the number of physicians relative to the number of elderly patients and that the province did not have more than its share of physicians. J. Donald Longley, MD Salt Spring Island, BC Send a letter to the editor responding to this letter Envoyez une lettre à la rédaction au sujet de cette lettre | CMAJ January 27, 1998 (vol 158, no 2) / JAMC le 27 janvier 1998 (vol 158, no 2) |