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Table 10 Comparison of asthma indicators before and after joining a primary care patient enrollment model, by region and group type

From: Did changing primary care delivery models change performance? A population based study using health administrative data

 

Measure

Overall

Major Urban Centres

Non-Major Urban Centres

Rural Centres

  

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

FHG‡

Spirometry test - one year

       
 

10 to 19

32.1

34.2

31.9

34.6

31.8

33.5

37.2

30.4^

 

Male

30.9

34.0

30.0

33.8

32.3

35.6

39.0

28.6

 

Female

32.8

34.4

33.1

35.3

31.5

32.2

35.8

31.8^

 

20 to 29

31.7

33.7

33.1

33.2

28.1

36.0*

19.2

34.1

 

Male

32.8

33.0

33.4

32.9

30.9

33.8

26.7

31.3

 

Female

31.1

34.1

32.9

33.3

27.1

37.0*

16.2

36.0

 

30 to 39

33.0

33.4

31.6

32.3

39.7

40.1

26.3

20.4

 

Male

34.4

34.7

32.2

34.2

45.1

37.9

22.2

33.3

 

Female

32.2

32.7

31.2

31.3

36.9

41.1

27.6

17.5

 

Overall

32.3

33.8

32.1

33.4

33.5

36.2

29.3

28.4^

 

Male

32.7

34.0

31.7

33.7

36.3

35.9

32.4

30.0

 

Female

32.1

33.6

32.3

33.2

32.1

36.4

27.7

27.5^

 

Emergency Department Visit

        
 

10 to 19

7.9

8.4

5.9

6.7

12.7

11.8

14.9

19.0

 

Male

6.6

7.8

4.5

6.1

11.8

11.0

12.2

20.0

 

Female

8.7

8.8

6.8

7.2

13.3

12.3

17.0

18.2

 

20 to 29

10.4

8.2^

9.5

6.7*

12.8

12.3

17.3

24.4

 

Male

10.0

6.8

8.2

4.8*

16.0

11.3

26.7

31.3

 

Female

10.5

8.9

10.1

7.6^

11.7

12.7

13.5

20.0

 

30 to 39

8.0

7.2^

6.4

6.0

13.1

10.0

18.4

28.6

 

Male

6.9

6.4

5.5

5.9

11.6

7.8

16.7

22.2

 

Female

8.6

7.6

6.8

6.0

13.8

11.0

19.0

30.0

 

Overall

8.6

8.0^

7.0

6.5^

12.8

11.4

16.7

23.1

 

Male

7.5

7.2

5.8

5.9

12.5

10.1

16.2

23.3

 

Female

9.2

8.4^

7.7

6.9^

13.0

12.1

16.9

22.9

FHN§

Spirometry test - one year

       
 

10 to 19

35.8

39.4

30.8

36.8

40.0

36.1

42.9

52.4^

 

Male

31.0

37.1

24.2

39.1

38.7

32.1

38.9

40.0

 

Female

39.6

40.8

36.5

35.0

41.0

38.2

44.7

59.3^

 

20 to 29

31.7

37.9

27.2

37.5

32.8

34.5

44.4

46.7

 

Male

40.3

28.6

38.5

18.8

31.8

37.5

63.6

50.0

 

Female

27.2

40.9

21.3

42.9*

33.3

33.3

36.0

45.5

 

30 to 39

37.1

39.9

36.7

42.1

33.7

36.5

44.7

38.1

 

Male

43.8

37.7

41.1

40.7

48.3

31.6

45.0

42.9

 

Female

33.5

40.9

34.5

42.6

26.3

39.4

44.4

35.7

 

Overall

35.3

39.2

32.0

38.8

36.7

36.0

43.9

47.4^

 

Male

36.8

35.9

32.3

36.0

39.8

32.7

46.9

42.3

 

Female

34.4

40.9

31.8

40.2

34.7

37.6

42.2

50.0^

 

Emergency Department Visit

        
 

10 to 19

11.1

10.4

7.2

6.6

13.1

15.7

19.6

9.5

 

Male

13.5

6.7

9.9

6.5

17.7

7.1

16.7

6.7

 

Female

9.3

12.7

4.8

6.7

9.6

20.0

21.1

11.1

 

20 to 29

14.9

19.8^

10.5

19.4

13.8

13.8

30.6

33.3

 

Male

2.8

10.7

 

6.3

4.5

12.5

9.1

25.0

 

Female

21.3

22.7

16.0

23.2^

19.4

14.3

40.0

36.4

 

30 to 39

10.9

13.7^

5.9

9.5

14.0

15.4

23.4

28.6

 

Male

14.3

17.0

8.9

7.4

20.7

21.1

20.0

42.9

 

Female

9.1

12.2

4.4

10.3

10.5

12.1

25.9

21.4

 

Overall

11.9

14.6^

7.5

11.7^

13.5

15.9

23.7

21.8

 

Male

11.5

11.2

7.5

6.7

15.9

14.5

16.3

19.2

 

Female

12.2

16.2^

7.5

14.1*^

11.9

16.5

27.8

23.1

  1. * p < 0.001 before/after comparison
  2. ^p < 0.001 FHG/FHN comparison
  3. ‡ Family Health Group
  4. § Family Health Network