Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics by location of dwelling

Age group

66–69

57,566 (35.6%)

23,845 (37.8%)

8,675 (39.2%)

602 (46.3%)

90,688 (36.5%)

0.048

0.075

0.221

70–74

37,461 (23.1%)

15,392 (24.4%)

5,396 (24.4%)

324 (24.9%)

58,573 (23.6%)

0.03

0.029

0.042

75–79

27,688 (17.1%)

10,515 (16.7%)

3,768 (17.0%)

201 (15.5%)

42,172 (17.0%)

0.011

0.002

0.044

80–84

20,235 (12.5%)

7,054 (11.2%)

2,446 (11.0%)

106 (8.2%)

29,841 (12.0%)

0.04

0.045

0.143

85+

18,962 (11.7%)

6,195 (9.8%)

1,865 (8.4%)

66 (5.1%)

27,088 (10.9%)

0.061

0.11

0.241

Sex

Female

110,728 (68.4%)

41,883 (66.5%)

14,332 (64.7%)

821 (63.2%)

167,764 (67.5%)

0.041

0.078

0.109

Male

51,184 (31.6%)

21,118 (33.5%)

7,818 (35.3%)

478 (36.8%)

80,598 (32.5%)

0.041

0.078

0.109

Neighborhood material deprivation

1 - least deprived

38,108 (23.5%)

12,326 (19.6%)

2,195 (9.9%)

88 (6.8%)

52,717 (21.2%)

0.097

0.371

0.481

2

32,395 (20.0%)

14,808 (23.5%)

3,910 (17.7%)

149 (11.5%)

51,262 (20.6%)

0.085

0.06

0.236

3

29,863 (18.4%)

13,252 (21.0%)

5,947 (26.8%)

157 (12.1%)

49,219 (19.8%)

0.065

0.202

0.177

4

31,328 (19.3%)

11,562 (18.4%)

5,688 (25.7%)

285 (21.9%)

48,863 (19.7%)

0.025

0.152

0.064

5 - most deprived

29,766 (18.4%)

10,593 (16.8%)

4,053 (18.3%)

255 (19.6%)

44,667 (18.0%)

0.041

0.002

0.032

6 - missing

452 (0.3%)

460 (0.7%)

357 (1.6%)

365 (28.1%)

1,634 (0.7%)

0.064

0.138

0.869

Recent migrant

4,750 (2.9%)

670 (1.1%)

262 (1.2%)

45 (3.5%)

5,727 (2.3%)

0.134

0.124

0.03

CIHI grouper

No health condition

1,435 (0.9%)

842 (1.3%)

390 (1.8%)

31 (2.4%)

2,698 (1.1%)

0.043

0.077

0.118

Major Palliative

46,983 (29.0%)

17,836 (28.3%)

6,120 (27.6%)

359 (27.6%)

71,298 (28.7%)

0.016

0.031

0.031

Moderate

80,463 (49.7%)

30,957 (49.1%)

10,719 (48.4%)

612 (47.1%)

122,751 (49.4%)

0.011

0.026

0.052

Minor

32,375 (20.0%)

13,114 (20.8%)

4,816 (21.7%)

280 (21.6%)

50,585 (20.4%)

0.02

0.043

0.038

Obstetrics and newborn*

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Non-user

654 (0.4%)

251 (0.4%)

105 (0.5%)

17 (1.3%)

1,027 (0.4%)

0.001

0.011

0.098

No. of unique medications at dispensing date

0–5

25,138 (15.5%)

10,439 (16.6%)

3,871 (17.5%)

211 (16.2%)

39,659 (16.0%)

0.028

0.053

0.02

6–9

39,811 (24.6%)

16,509 (26.2%)

5,858 (26.4%)

340 (26.2%)

62,518 (25.2%)

0.037

0.043

0.036

10–19

72,935 (45.0%)

27,929 (44.3%)

9,688 (43.7%)

563 (43.3%)

111,115 (44.7%)

0.014

0.026

0.034

20+

24,028 (14.8%)

8,124 (12.9%)

2,733 (12.3%)

185 (14.2%)

35,070 (14.1%)

0.056

0.073

0.017

Saw psychiatrist in 12 months prior to dispensing date

6,981 (4.3%)

1,462 (2.3%)

494 (2.2%)

23 (1.8%)

8,960 (3.6%)

0.111

0.117

0.148

Primary care visits 24 month prior to dispensing date

Mean ± SD

14.96 ± 11.63

12.12 ± 9.03

11.62 ± 8.69

10.85 ± 7.64

13.92 ± 10.86

0.273

0.326

0.418

Median (IQR)

12 (8–19)

10 (6–16)

10 (6–15)

9 (5–14)

11 (7–18)

Visits to prescribing PCP in 10 years to dispensing date

Mean ± SD

7.61 ± 20.74

6.23 ± 20.29

5.96 ± 20.95

6.97 ± 28.29

7.11 ± 20.70

0.067

0.079

0.026

Median (IQR)

5 (3–8)

4 (3–6)

4 (2–6)

3 (2–5)

5 (3–7)

Percent of primary care visits with prescribing PCP in 10 years prior to dispensing date

Mean ± SD

59.24 ± 34.07

60.49 ± 34.79

57.89 ± 36.24

56.16 ± 36.98

59.42 ± 34.47

0.037

0.038

0.087

Median (IQR)

69 (26–91)

72 (27–93)

68 (21–93)

66 (18–92)

70 (26–91)

Relational continuity (years)

Mean ± SD

10.44 ± 7.40

10.33 ± 7.34

9.99 ± 7.45

9.45 ± 7.54

10.37 ± 7.39

0.014

0.060

0.132

Median (IQR)

10 (3–19)

10 (3–19)

9 (3–18)

9 (2–18)

10 (3–19)