Table 2.
No. of Albertans with chronic conditions of interest managed by family physicians, specialists, or NPs
| CHRONIC CONDITION | TOTAL PATIENTS, n |
PATIENTS BY PROVIDER TYPE, n (%)* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANAGED BY FAMILY PHYSICIAN ONLY |
MANAGED BY SPECIALIST ONLY |
MANAGED BY FAMILY PHYSICIAN AND SPECIALIST |
ANY NP INVOLVEMENT† |
||
| Hypertension | 637,139 | 546,132 (85.7) | 22,951 (3.6) | 67,678 (10.6) | 378 (0.06) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 271,559 | 192,469 (70.9) | 13,674 (5.0) | 64,816 (23.9) | 600 (0.22) |
| COPD | 134,426 | 80,423 (59.8) | 24,437 (18.2) | 29,406 (21.9) | 160 (0.12) |
| Asthma | 161,925 | 106,141 (65.5) | 33,352 (20.6) | 22,362 (13.8) | 70 (0.04) |
| Heart failure | 76,166 | 26,486 (34.8) | 27,148 (35.6) | 22,514 (29.6) | 18 (0.02) |
| Chronic kidney disease | 72,377 | 26,170 (36.2) | 30,510 (42.2) | 15,677 (21.7) | 20 (0.03) |
| Ischemic heart disease | 212,679 | 48,683 (22.9) | 104,436 (49.1) | 59,539 (28.0) | 21 (0.01) |
COPD—chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, NP—nurse practitioner.
*
All provider categories are mutually exclusive.
†
Whenever an NP billed for a service 2 or more times, that patient was assigned to this category regardless of involvement by any other provider type.