Average Number of Patients Seen Daily by Primary Care Physicians | Standardized Difference (< 20 vs ≥ 30) | ||||
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< 20 | 20 -24 | 25–29 | ≥ 30 | ||
Physician Characteristics | N = 3,884 (%) | N = 1,662 (%) | N = 1,059 (%) | N = 1,763 (%) | |
Panel Size | |||||
Mean ± SD | 988 ± 491 | 1,425 ± 562 | 1,559 ± 646 | 2,035 ± 986 | 1.34 |
Median (IQR) | 977 (688–1,299) | 1,452 (1,094–1,805) | 1,598 (1,118–2,018) | 2,002 (1,385–2,597) | |
Physician age | |||||
Mean ± SD | 49.9 ± 12.9 | 53.2 ± 11.9 | 54.0 ± 12.0 | 54.3 ± 11.0 | 0.36 |
Median (IQR) | 50 (39–60) | 54 (45–62) | 55 (45–64) | 54 (46–62) | |
Physician sex | |||||
Female | 2,259 (58.2%) | 691 (41.6%) | 355 (33.5%) | 469 (26.6%) | 0.67 |
Male | 1,619 (41.7%) | 967 (58.2%) | 702 (66.3%) | 1,291 (73.2%) | 0.67 |
Missing data | 6 (0.2%) | < = 5 (0.2%) | < = 5 (0.2%) | < = 5 (0.2%) | N/Aa |
Years since medical school graduation | |||||
≤ 15 | 1,358 (35.0%) | 353 (21.2%) | 208 (19.6%) | 250 (14.2%) | 0.50 |
16–25 | 854 (22.0%) | 387 (23.3%) | 243 (22.9%) | 494 (28.0%) | 0.14 |
26–35 | 966 (24.9%) | 511 (30.7%) | 281 (26.5%) | 531 (30.1%) | 0.12 |
≥ 36 | 699 (18.0%) | 407 (24.5%) | 325 (30.7%) | 485 (27.5%) | 0.23 |
Missing data | 7 (0.2%) | < = 5 (0.2%) | < = 5 (0.2%) | < = 5 (0.2%) | N/Aa |
Canadian medical graduate | |||||
Yes | 2,913 (75.0%) | 1,103 (66.4%) | 619 (58.5%) | 842 (47.8%) | 0.58 |
No | 693 (17.8%) | 465 (28.0%) | 394 (37.2%) | 864 (49.0%) | 0.70 |
Missing data | 278 (7.2%) | 94 (5.7%) | 46 (4.3%) | 57 (3.2%) | 0.18 |
Practice location | |||||
Urban | 2,662 (68.5%) | 1,203 (72.4%) | 815 (77.0%) | 1,463 (83.0%) | 0.34 |
Non-urban | 600 (15.4%) | 291 (17.5%) | 168 (15.9%) | 204 (11.6%) | 0.11 |
Rural | 295 (7.6%) | 72 (4.3%) | 24 (2.3%) | 35 (2.0%) | 0.26 |
Missing data | 327 (8.4%) | 96 (5.8%) | 52 (4.9%) | 61 (3.5%) | 0.21 |
Payment model | |||||
Fee-for-service (FFS)b | 403 (10.4%) | 132 (7.9%) | 97 (9.2%) | 255 (14.5%) | 0.12 |
Enhanced FFSc | |||||
CCM | 87 (2.2%) | 55 (3.3%) | 57 (5.4%) | 127 (7.2%) | 0.24 |
FHG | 504 (13.0%) | 447 (26.9%) | 391 (36.9%) | 945 (53.6%) | 0.96 |
Capitationd | |||||
FHT | 1,589 (40.9%) | 412 (24.8%) | 164 (15.5%) | 109 (6.2%) | 0.90 |
FHN or FHO | 1,221 (31.4%) | 609 (36.6%) | 349 (33.0%) | 327 (18.5%) | 0.30 |
Other | 80 (2.1%) | 7 (0.4%) | < = 5 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.21 |
Works Fulltime (FTE ≥ 1.00) | 1,665 (42.9%) | 1,434 (86.3%) | 984 (92.9%) | 1,692 (96.0%) | 1.41 |