Medical Xpress November 3, 2025
Living farther than 30 km from a family physician can negatively affect access to health care, found a new Ontario study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Over the last 10 years, access to primary care has declined in Canada, and this decline accelerated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Even after moving, many patients reported continuing with their family physicians, despite traveling longer distances to reach them.
“Distance to health care services is an important determinant of health and can be classified as a factor of health care utilization, with increased distance a potential barrier to receiving care,” writes Dr. Archna Gupta, a scientist at Upstream Lab and a family physician at St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario,...
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