Table 2.
Characteristics of study physicians* in enhanced fee-for-service and capitation groups, by location
| All locations
|
Major urban centres
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Non-major urban centres
|
Rural centres
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Enhanced fee-for-service | Capitation | Enhanced fee-for-service | Capitation | Enhanced fee-for-service | Capitation | Enhanced fee-for-service | Capitation |
| No. of physicians | 3553 | 507 | 2646 | 233 | 734 | 177 | 173 | 97 |
| No. of groups | 274 | 53 | 179 | 21 | 73 | 21 | 22 | 11 |
| Male, no. (%) | 2267 (63.8) | 319 (62.9) | 1657 (62.6) | 130 (55.8) | 490 (66.8) | 121 (68.4) | 120 (69.4) | 68 (70.1) |
| Age, yr, mean (SD) | 49.4 (9.9) | 47.5 (9.3) | 49.7 (9.9) | 47.9 (9.1) | 48.4 (10.0) | 47.2 (9.6) | 48.8 (10.4) | 47.1 (9.4) |
| No. of years since graduation, mean (SD) | 23.9 (10.3) | 21.8 (9.8) | 24.4 (10.2) | 22.4 (9.6) | 22.7 (10.5) | 21.5 (9.7) | 22.6 (10.8) | 21.1 (10.4) |
| Foreign graduate, no. (%) | 682 (19.2) | 47 (9.3) | 558 (21.1) | 29 (12.4) | 96 (13.1) | 12 (6.8) | 28 (16.2) | 6 (6.2) |
| Total no. patients enrolled, mean (SD) | 708.6 (566.9) | 960.8 (617.7) | 716.5 (559.7) | 1007.6 (705.3) | 707.6 (594.5) | 989.7 (583.6) | 591.4 (560.5) | 795.7 (469.5) |
| No. of months in group, median (IQR) | 25.3 (16.5) | 25.7 (14.0) | 24.4 (17.3) | 25.3 (15.0) | 28.8 (14.9) | 25.0 (16.0) | 24.4 (11.1) | 28.0 (8.0) |
| Type of visits, % | ||||||||
| Office | 86 | 76 | 90 | 85 | 79 | 74 | 66 | 57 |
| Inpatient | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 13 |
| Emergency department | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 20 |
| Other | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
Note: IQR = interquartile range, SD = standard deviation.
*
Physicians who were consistently part of the same enhanced fee-for-service or capitation group from Sept. 1, 2005, to Aug. 31, 2006.