Table 2.
QUESTIONS OR SCORES | CHC N = 182* | FFS AND FHG N = 58* | FHN N = 81* | HSO N = 42* | P VALUE |
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Do you make home visits? | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | .023 |
Do you think you have adequate knowledge about the health problems of the community you serve? | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | .49 |
Do you get opinions and ideas from people that might help to provide better health care? | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | < .001 |
Are you able to change health care services or programs in response to specific health problems in the community? | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | < .001 |
Overall provider score† | 0.85 | 0.75 | 0.81 | 0.79 | < .001 |
Proportion of scores below 0.50 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | .0026 |
Proportion of providers indicating no activities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA |
CHC—community health centre, FFS—fee for service, FHG—family health group, FHN—family health network, HSO—health service organization, NA—not applicable.
All provider respondents in FFS and HSO were family physicians. In CHCs and FHNs 74 (41% of respondents) and 1 (1% of respondents) nurse practitioners completed the survey, respectively.
Overall score is the average score normalized (divided by 4).