Term: Full Time Equivalent (FTE)

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2009-02-26

Definition:

Standard measure of physician workload established by Health Canada that uses physician claims to quantify their practice relative to what is considered a full load and results in a single value for each physician. "Full-time" physicians (FTE=1) are those whose earnings fall between the 40th and the 60th percentile of billings. A physician with an average workload above this "normal" level would have an FTE value greater than one and a physician whose workload is below "normal" would have an FTE value of less than one.

Related concepts 

• Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Physicians - Calculations

Related terms 

• Full Time Equivalent (FTE) - Workload
• Full Time Equivalent per Family Physician (FTE / FP)
• In-Area Supply Of Physicians
• Limited Scope Family Physician (FP)
• Physician Claims
• Physician Numbers

References 

• Frohlich N, Katz A, De Coster C, Dik N, Soodeen RA, Watson D, Bogdanovic B. Profiling Primary Care Physician Practice in Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2006. [Report] [Summary] (View)

Term used in 

• Katz A, Bogdanovic B, Ekuma O, Soodeen RA, Chateau D, Burnett C. Physician Resource Projection Models . Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2009. [Report] [Summary] (View)
• Roos NP, Fransoo R, Bogdanovic B, Friesen D, MacWilliam L. Issues in the Management of Specialist Physician Resources for Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, 1997. [Report] [Summary] (View)
• Roos NP, Black C, Roos LL, Frohlich N, De Coster C, Mustard C, Brownell M, Shanahan M, Fergusson P, Toll F, Carriere KC, Burchill C, Fransoo R, MacWilliam L, Bogdanovic B, Friesen D. Managing health services: how administrative data and population-based analyses can focus the agenda. Health Serv Manage Res 1998;11(1):49-67. [Abstract] (View)
• Roos NP, Fransoo R, Bogdanovic B, Friesen D, Frohlich N, Carriere KC, Patton D, Wall R. Needs-Based Planning for Manitoba's Generalist Physicians . Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, 1996. [Report] [Summary] (View)