Table 1:

Characteristics of the included practices

Characteristic	Included practices, n/N (%)
Total sample	39*/107 (36)
Region
Region 1†	14/45 (31)
Region 2‡	15/44 (34)
Region 3‡	10/18 (56)
Type of practice
Community health centres	10/18 (56)
Traditional fee-for-service	13/64 (20)
Family medicine groups	16/25 (64)
Remuneration type
Mostly fee-for-service	27/87 (31)
Mostly hourly or salary	12/20 (60)
Practice size
Small (3 physicians)	1/13 (8)
Medium (4–9 physicians)	27/65 (42)
Very large (≥ 10 physicians)	11/29 (40)
Favoured consultation type§
Mostly with appointment	17/47 (36)
Mostly walk-in	1/13 (8)
Mixed	11/29 (38)

^*Two practices withdrew during data collection. The final sample included 37 practices.

^†Metropolitan region.

^‡Urban/suburban/rural region.

^§This information was not available for Region 3 (total 89 practices [region 1 plus region 2]).