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Table 3 Characteristics of study physicians practicing in primary care patient enrollment models by region and group type

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

  

Overall

Major Urban Centres

Non-Major Urban Centres

Rural Centres

FHG ‡

Study Physicians ( n )

3466

2586

684

196

 

Groups ( n )

295

185

78

32

 

Male ( n , %)

64.6

62.8

69.3

70.9

 

Age (mean, SD)

48.3 (9.5)

48.6 (9.4)

47.2 (9.4)

47.4 (10.1)

 

Years since graduation (mean, SD)

25.4 (9.8)

25.7 (9.7)

24.3 (9.8)

23.9 (10.4)

 

Foreign graduation ( n , %)

18.8

20.2

13.7

16.8

 

Median RIO score (IQR)

4.7 (7.6)

4.2 (3.5)

27.8 (17.1)

55.1 (11.2)

 

Total number of patients enrolled (mean, std)

957.0 (543.8)

974.3 (541.4)

971.9 (559.2)

676.4 (435.6)

 

100-299

335

241

57

37

 

300-649

774

544

155

75

 

650-999

922

701

180

41

 

1000-1499

909

689

187

33

 

1500+

526

411

105

10

 

Median Months in Group (IQR)

41.5 (17.6)

40.5 (18.3)

45.0 (13.7)

42.9 (15.5)

FHN §

Study Physicians ( n )

474

212

147

115

 

Groups ( n )

55

22

19

14

 

Male ( n , %)

66.0

59.4

70.1

73.0

 

Age (mean, SD)

46.3 (8.7)

46.8 (8.1)

45.4 (9.2)

46.5 (9.3)

 

Years since graduation (mean, SD)

23.6 (9.1)

24.2 (8.5)

22.6 (9.6)

23.8 (9.2)

 

Foreign graduation (n, %)

9.7

12.3

7.5

7.8

 

Median RIO score (IQR)

16.7 (39.2)

4.9 (2.2)

30.2 (22.4)

58.9 (18.3)

 

Total number of patients enrolled (mean, SD)

995.4 (461.5)

1093.1 (506.9)

1000.1 (435.6)

809.2 (335.0)

 

100-299

32

16

9

7

 

300-649

81

27

23

31

 

650-999

141

51

45

45

 

1000-1499

148

73

47

28

 

1500+

72

45

23

4

 

Median Months in Group (IQR)

43.0 (11.0)

43.0 (12.5)

46.0 (17.0)

45.0 (7.0)

  1. ‡ Family Health Group § Family Health Network