Table 2.

Profile of patients by age groups: A) Survey patient profile; B) Chart audit patient profile.

A)	AGE GROUP
SURVEY PATIENT PROFILE	< 30 Y (N = 714)	30–64 Y (N = 3297)	≥ 65 Y (N = 1100)
Sociodemographic and economic profile*
• Sex,† % women	76.0	66.0	61.0
• Household income,† % below LICO‡	21.0	16.0	14.0
• Low education,† % with less than high school diploma	14.0	13.0	33.0
• Do not speak English or French at home,† %	2.6	1.6	1.5
• Aboriginal,§ %	1.1	1.6	0.6
• Uninsured (in Canada),† %	4.6	1.5	0.6
• Do not work outside the home,† %	33.0	34.0	89.0
• Recent immigrant (< 5 y),† %	3.3	2.6	0.5
• Rurality index,† mean	11.0	13.0	15.0
• Distance from home to practice > 10 km,† %	23.0	25.0	19.0
Health status*
• Average no. of d with poor mental health in past 30 d†	5.1	4.7	2.4
• Average no. of d with poor physical health in past 30 d	5.1	5.4	5.4
• Average no. of d limited by poor mental or physical health in past 30 d	3.8	4.2	3.7
• Physical, mental, or emotional problem lasting > 1 y,† %	32.0	45.0	41.0
• Self-perceived health as very good to excellent,† %	53.0	56.0	39.0
• Presence of at least 1 chronic disease, %/no. of chronic diseases†‖	56/1.2	70/1.7	90/2.7
Relationship with the practice
• Provider is a nurse practitioner,† %	10.0	5.0	2.0
• Seeing his or her own provider at that visit,† %	91.0	94.0	96.0
• Attending the practice for more than 2 y,† %	75.0	82.0	88.0
• No. of visits to the office in previous year, mean¶/median§	5.7/4	6.5/4	6.2/5
• Main reason for visit, %, checkup/chronic problem/recent problem†	43/19/38	33/29/38	36/34/30
B)	AGE GROUP
CHART AUDIT PATIENT PROFILE	< 30 Y (N = 741)	30–64 Y (N = 2631)	≥ 65 Y (N = 736)
Uninsured in Ontario (OHIP),§ %	98	99	100
Sex, % women	70	59	55

LICO—low income cutoffs, OHIP—Ontario Health Insurance Plan.

^*Socioeconomic factors and health status were used for adjustment in the analyses.

^†P < .001 compared by Pearson χ² or independent t test.

^‡Low income cutoff is a measure of household deprivation used by Statistics Canada.³⁴

^§P < .05 compared by Pearson χ² or independent t test.

^‖Thirteen chronic diseases assessed (self reported).

^¶P < .01 compared by Pearson χ² or independent t test.