The definition of underserviced

The starting point of the latter approach is to estimate the future size of the economy for which health care services are to be funded. [...] In response to policies to deal with shortage, the numbers of registered The number of RNs nurses (RNs) employed in nursing in Ontario increased by 8.9% between employed in Ontario increased 1999 and 2003, and higher full-time rates are increasing the nursing by 8.9% over a four-year period. [...] The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) uses the term underserviced area to refer to communities throughout the province considered to have too few physicians (MOHLTC, 2005a). [...] Additional criteria relate to the population of the community and its catchment areas, accessibility and distance to the nearest service point, socioeconomic characteristics, previous recruitment efforts, potential demands on the physician’s time, the Communities presence of other physicians (numbers and types), and whether sufficient remain underserviced until resources and are in place to suppor [...] Provincial programs for underserviced areas in Ontario are shown in Appendix 2. Nurses in Remote and Isolated Areas In the absence of physicians, nurses are the gatekeepers of the health care system.