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Higher fees, lower overhead, better benefits key to retaining doctors

About 2.3M Ontarians lack a family physician and at least 3.1M Canadians are on wait lists for surgery, diagnostic scans, or specialists.

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SHAVER: Higher fees, lower overhead, better benefits needed retain physicians

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Shaver: How to retain older physicians and help ease Ontario's doctor shortage

Many doctors now recognize that effective benefits are just as important as increased fees or salaries which can be clawed back or frozen.

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