Table 3.
Characteristics of participating academic FHTs
| SITE | LENGTH OF OPERATION,* MO | NO. OF FHT SITES | DEGREE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF FHT PLAN (SCALE 1–10)† | NO. OF ROSTERED PATIENTS | NO. OF FAMILY DOCTORS‡ | NO. OF FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENTS‡ | NO. OF OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS‡ | EMR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 12 000 | 11 | 20 | 14 | Yes |
| 2 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 8000 | 14 | 26 | 8 | Yes |
| 3 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 6000 | 4 | 15 | 6 | Yes |
| 4 | 16 | > 1 | 5 | About 50 000 | NA§ | NA§ | NA | Yes |
| 5 | NA§ | 2 | 7 | About 3300 | 17 | 20 | 10 | No |
| 6 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 9600 | 20 | 20 | 6 | No |
EMR—electronic medical record, FHT—family health team, NA—not available.
*
Length of operation was calculated as the time between the date funding was received and the end date of the study.
†
Scale ranged from 1 = none to 10 = full implementation.
‡
Doctors, residents, and health care professionals includes full-time and part-time practitioners.
§
Information was not provided by FHT managers.