Table 4.
Characteristics of patient panels for full-time psychiatrists, by mean outpatient visit frequency, according to Ontario Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs)
| Outpatient visit frequency; no. (%) of outpatients* | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | < 4/yr | 4–16/yr | > 16/yr |
| Toronto Central LHIN (n = 76 403) | |||
| No. of outpatients (% of total) | 29 363 (38.4) | 40 734 (53.3) | 6 306 (8.3) |
| Sex, female | 15 351 (52.3) | 22 627 (55.6) | 3 999 (63.4) |
| Income quintile | |||
| Missing | 277 (0.9) | 332 (0.8) | 34 (0.5) |
| 1 (lowest) | 6 907 (23.5) | 8 879 (21.8) | 821 (13.0) |
| 2 | 5 760 (19.6) | 6 874 (16.9) | 786 (12.5) |
| 3 | 4 969 (16.9) | 6 301 (16.5) | 819 (13.0) |
| 4 | 5 170 (17.6) | 7 099 (17.4) | 1 068 (16.9) |
| 5 (highest) | 6 280 (21.4) | 11 249 (27.6) | 2 778 (44.1) |
| Psychiatric admission in previous 2 yr † | 1 680 (5.7) | 2 479 (6.1) | 80 (1.3) |
| Any hospital admission in previous 2 yr | 4 893 (16.7) | 5 391 (13.2) | 322 (5.1) |
| Champlain LHIN (n = 38 763) | |||
| No. of outpatients (% of total) | 14 722 (38.0) | 22 685 (58.5) | 1 356 (3.5) |
| Sex, female | 8 522 (57.9) | 12 796 (56.4) | 818 (60.4) |
| Income quintile | |||
| Missing | 67 (0.5) | 196 (0.9) | ≤ 5‡ NA |
| 1 (lowest) | 3 260 (22.1) | 4 673 (20.6) | 169 (12.5) |
| 2 | 3 113 (21.1) | 4 741 (20.9) | 238 (17.6) |
| 3 | 2 621 (17.8) | 4 203 (18.5) | 244 (18.0) |
| 4 | 3 057 (20.8) | 4 513 (19.9) | 297 (21.9) |
| 5 | 2 604 (17.7) | 4 359 (19.2) | 406 (29.9) |
| Psychiatric admission in previous 2 yr † | 1 163 (7.9) | 1 445 (6.4) | 13 (1.0) |
| Any hospital admission in previous 2 yr | 3 008 (20.4) | 2 917 (12.9) | 61 (4.5) |
| South West LHIN (n = 22 307) | |||
| No. of outpatients (% of total) | 13 886 (62.2) | 7 349 (32.9) | 1 072 (4.8) |
| Sex, female | 7 131 (51.4) | 4 091 (55.7) | 600 (56.0) |
| Income quintile | |||
| Missing | 111 (0.8) | 53 (0.7) | 10 (0.9) |
| 1 (lowest) | 3 633 (26.2) | 1 840 (25.0) | 305 (28.5) |
| 2 | 3 137 (22.6) | 1 506 (20.5) | 220 (20.5) |
| 3 | 2 705 (19.5) | 1 423 (19.4) | 191 (17.8) |
| 4 | 2 262 (16.3) | 1 398 (19.0) | 172 (16.0) |
| 5 (highest) | 2 038 (14.7) | 1 129 (15.4) | 174 (16.2) |
| Psychiatric admission in previous 2 yr † | 1 077 (7.8) | 524 (7.1) | 17 (1.6) |
| Any hospital admission in previous 2 yr | 2 256 (16.2) | 937 (12.8) | 84 (7.8) |
| South East LHIN (n = 9169) | |||
| No. of outpatients (% of total) | 6 318 (68.9) | 2 717 (29.6) | 134 (1.5) |
| Sex, female | 2 941 (46.5) | 1 636 (60.2) | 100 (74.6) |
| Income quintile | |||
| Missing | 120 (1.9) | 10 (0.4) | ≤ 5‡ NA |
| 1 (lowest) | 1 817 (28.8) | 703 (25.9) | 32 (23.9) |
| 2 | 1 318 (20.9) | 515 (19.0) | 23 (17.2) |
| 3 | 1 150 (18.2) | 538 (19.8) | 18 (13.4) |
| 4 | 1 027 (16.3) | 461 (17.0) | 22 (16.4) |
| 5 (highest) | 886 (14.0) | 490 (18.0) | 38 (28.4) |
| Psychiatric admission in previous 2 yr † | 463 (7.3) | 156 (5.7) | ≤ 5‡ NA |
| Any hospital admission in previous 2 yr | 873 (13.8) | 370 (13.6) | 13 (9.7) |
| Hamilton LHIN (n = 31 806) | |||
| No. of outpatients (% of total) | 20 036 (63.0) | 11 527 (36.2) | 243 (0.8) |
| Sex, female | 10 875 (54.3) | 6 665 (57.8) | 120 (49.4) |
| Income quintile | |||
| Missing | 116 (0.6) | 132 (1.1) | 0 (0) |
| 1 (lowest) | 5 172 (25.8) | 3 245 (28.2) | 24 (9.9) |
| 2 | 4 382 (21.9) | 2 395 (20.8) | 40 (16.5) |
| 3 | 3 611 (18.0) | 2 082 (18.1) | 40 (16.5) |
| 4 | 3 433 (17.1) | 1 861 (16.1) | 54 (22.2) |
| 5 (highest) | 3 322 (16.6) | 1 812 (15.7) | 85 (35.0) |
| Psychiatric admission in previous 2 yr † | 1 595 (8.0) | 934 (8.1) | ≤ 5‡ NA |
| Any hospital admission in previous 2 yr | 3 501 (17.5) | 2 040 (17.7) | 12 (4.9) |
| Low-supply LHINs (n = 153 943) | |||
| No. of outpatients (% of total) | 92 895 (60.3) | 60 524 (39.3) | 524 (0.3) |
| Sex, female | 47 847 (51.5) | 35 271 (58.3) | 325 (62.0) |
| Income quintile | |||
| Missing | 478 (0.5) | 187 (0.3) | 0 (0) |
| 1 (lowest) | 22 412 (24.1) | 13 447 (22.2) | 53 (10.1) |
| 2 | 19 031 (20.5) | 11 934 (19.7) | 54 (10.3) |
| 3 | 17 947 (19.3) | 11 486 (19.0) | 84 (16.0) |
| 4 | 17 574 (18.9) | 12 093 (20.0) | 130 (24.8) |
| 5 (highest) | 15 453 (16.6) | 11 377 (18.8) | 203 (38.7) |
| Psychiatric admission in previous 2 yr † | 7 215 (7.8) | 4 377 (7.2) | ≤ 5‡ NA |
| Any hospital admission in previous 2 yr | 14 916 (16.1) | 8 493 (14.0) | 36 (6.9) |
NA = not applicable.
*
For each LHIN, the percentages across the first row (no. [%] of outpatients) are calculated from the total number of outpatients for that LHIN. For subsequent rows in each LHIN, the percentages in each column are calculated from the number of outpatients in that column (i.e., visit category).
†
Excluding admissions for dementia and delirium.
‡
To protect privacy, exact values are not given if value was 5 or below.