Table 1.
Characteristics of respondent physicians’ primary practices, N = 900*: The mean (SD) number of h/wk devoted to medical practice was 49.4 (17.2), and the mean (SD) number of patients seen in an average clinical week was 96.0 (60.9).
| CHARACTERISTIC | % (N) |
|---|---|
| Specialty | |
| • Family medicine | 47.0 (423) |
| • Pediatrics | 53.0 (477) |
| Practice setting | |
| • Solo practice | 19.9 (178) |
| • Group practice or clinic | 36.8 (329) |
| • Community health centre | 3.0 (27) |
| • Hospital (general or pediatric) | 23.6 (211) |
| • University | 5.7 (51) |
| • Other | 4.9 (44) |
| • Multiple sites | 6.0 (54) |
| Community size where practice located† | |
| • Rural community | 13.4 (120) |
| • < 100 000 | 16.1 (144) |
| • 100 000–500 000 | 24.4 (218) |
| • > 500 000 | 46.2 (413) |
*
Not all respondents answered all of the questions.
†
Study conducted across all provinces in Canada, 2003.