Thousands of Canadians are visiting their family doctors more than 100 times a year, including one Quebec patient who logged 362 appointments in 2024, according to a newly released report.
Think tank SecondStreet.org released a policy brief this week that analyzes government data acquired via the Freedom of Information Act, focusing on patients who had the highest number of appointments with a general practitioner within a single year.
The data from 2024 showed that thousands of patients in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec are visiting their family physicians more than 50 times each year.
Quebec and Alberta also recorded more than 1,000 patients who attended at least 100 appointments in 2024….