Table 4.
Levels of importance reflecting primary care physicians’ concerns in child/adolescent mental health care service delivery
| Levels of Importance1 | Across all regions (n = 358) Theme (# count2) | Western (n = 88) Theme (# count) | Central (n = 60) Theme (# count) | Ontario (n = 124) Theme (# count) | Atlantic (n = 69) Theme (# count) | Northern (n = 17) Theme (# count) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level I: Most Important | Resources (143) Psychiatrist Access (139) |
Psychiatrist Access (32) Process Issues (30) Resources (23) |
Resources (25) Psychiatrist Access (22) Process Issues (14) Refer to Other Professionals (13) |
Resources (55) | Resources (30) Psychiatrist Access (29) Refer to Other Professionals (21) Process Issues (19) |
Resources (10) |
| Level II: Important | Process Issues (107) Refer to Other Professionals (90) |
Refer to Other Professionals (18) Professional Development (14) |
Professional Development (4) Workload (1) |
Psychiatrist Access (51) | Professional Development (9) | Process Issues (6) Psychiatrist Access (5) |
| Level III: Somewhat Important | Professional Development (53) | Workload (2) | None | Process Issues (38) Refer to Other Professionals (36) |
Workload (1) | Professional Development (3) Refer to Other Professionals (2) Workload (2) |
| Level IV: Somewhat least Important | Workload (13) | None | None | Professional Development (23) | None | None |
| Level V: Least Important | None | None | None | Workload (7) | None | None |
1.
Levels of importance are in descending order.
2.
Level of importance is determined through chi-square analysis, based on statistically significant difference between frequencies. Depending on their patterns of significant differences, some themes were clearly present at only one level of priority for PCPs, whereas others were present at multiple levels.