Table 2 Baseline prescribing family physician characteristics by patients’ location of dwelling
Characteristic | Urban | Non-major urban | Rural | Missing | Total | Standardized difference: non-major urban vs. Urban | Standardized difference: Rural vs. Urban | Standardized difference: Missing vs. Urban |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 161,912 | N = 63,001 | N = 22,150 | N = 1,299 | N = 248,362 | ||||
Patient panel size | ||||||||
Mean ± SD | 1,597.25 ± 812.19 | 1,578.68 ± 769.36 | 1,280.39 ± 678.41 | 1,263.10 ± 744.45 | 1,562.53 ± 795.32 | 0.023 | 0.423 | 0.429 |
Median (IQR) | 1,539 (1,082 − 2,032) | 1,526 (1,123-1,966) | 1,232 (868-1,659) | 1,199 (760-1,661) | 1,500 (1,066 − 1,987) | |||
Physician age | ||||||||
Mean ± SD | 52.91 ± 12.08 | 51.88 ± 11.96 | 51.78 ± 12.22 | 52.14 ± 11.62 | 52.54 ± 12.07 | 0.085 | 0.093 | 0.065 |
Median (IQR) | 54 (44–62) | 53 (43–61) | 53 (42–61) | 53 (43–61) | 53 (44–62) | |||
Physician sex | ||||||||
Female | 64,747 (40.0%) | 23,140 (36.7%) | 8,453 (38.2%) | 460 (35.4%) | 96,800 (39.0%) | 0.067 | 0.037 | 0.095 |
Male | 97,165 (60.0%) | 39,861 (63.3%) | 13,697 (61.8%) | 839 (64.6%) | 151,562 (61.0%) | 0.067 | 0.037 | 0.095 |
Years since graduation | ||||||||
<=15 | 35,249 (21.8%) | 16,404 (26.0%) | 6,321 (28.5%) | 335 (25.8%) | 58,309 (23.5%) | 0.100 | 0.156 | 0.095 |
16–25 | 35,513 (21.9%) | 13,533 (21.5%) | 4,187 (18.9%) | 250 (19.2%) | 53,483 (21.5%) | 0.011 | 0.075 | 0.067 |
26–35 | 47,752 (29.5%) | 18,622 (29.6%) | 6,747 (30.5%) | 409 (31.5%) | 73,530 (29.6%) | 0.001 | 0.021 | 0.043 |
36+ | 43,360 (26.8%) | 14,431 (22.9%) | 4,892 (22.1%) | 305 (23.5%) | 62,988 (25.4%) | 0.090 | 0.109 | 0.076 |
missing | 38 (0.0%) | 11 (0.0%) | <=5 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 52 (0.0%) | 0.004 | 0.007 | 0.022 |
Practice location | ||||||||
Urban | 143,528 (88.6%) | 13,895 (22.1%) | 2,494 (11.3%) | 343 (26.4%) | 160,260 (64.5%) | 1.804 | 2.444 | 1.621 |
Non-major urban | 6,269 (3.9%) | 41,376 (65.7%) | 4,794 (21.6%) | 348 (26.8%) | 52,787 (21.3%) | 1.705 | 0.553 | 0.671 |
Rural | 995 (0.6%) | 2,783 (4.4%) | 12,497 (56.4%) | 443 (34.1%) | 16,718 (6.7%) | 0.245 | 1.572 | 0.986 |
Missing | 11,119 (6.9%) | 4,947 (7.9%) | 2,365 (10.7%) | 165 (12.7%) | 18,596 (7.5%) | 0.038 | 0.135 | 0.197 |
Payment model* | ||||||||
Blended capitation | 61,666 (38.1%) | 18,992 (30.1%) | 4,675 (21.1%) | 217 (16.7%) | 85,550 (34.4%) | 0.168 | 0.379 | 0.494 |
Comprehensive Care Model | 5,100 (3.1%) | 2,087 (3.3%) | 892 (4.0%) | 37 (2.8%) | 8,116 (3.3%) | 0.009 | 0.047 | 0.018 |
Family Health Group | 44,561 (27.5%) | 6,701 (10.6%) | 1,723 (7.8%) | 153 (11.8%) | 53,138 (21.4%) | 0.440 | 0.536 | 0.404 |
Family Health Team | 35,634 (22.0%) | 29,384 (46.6%) | 11,830 (53.4%) | 521 (40.1%) | 77,369 (31.2%) | 0.537 | 0.685 | 0.399 |
Non-group physician | 14,748 (9.1%) | 4,234 (6.7%) | 2,399 (10.8%) | 189 (14.5%) | 21,570 (8.7%) | 0.089 | 0.058 | 0.169 |
Other | 202 (0.1%) | 1,603 (2.5%) | 631 (2.8%) | 182 (14.0%) | 2,618 (1.1%) | 0.212 | 0.227 | 0.563 |
Full-time (Full-time equivalent > = 1.00) | 126,652 (78.2%) | 48,824 (77.5%) | 15,088 (68.1%) | 775 (59.7%) | 191,339 (77.0%) | 0.017 | 0.230 | 0.409 |