Table 1.
QUALICOPC physician respondents compared with physicians in their practice groups and Ontario primary care physicians
| Group 1: QUALICOPC physician respondents | Group 2: QUALICOPC physicians’ practice groups | Group 3: Ontario primary care physicians | Standardized differencea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 2 vs. 1 | Group 3 vs. 1 | ||||
| N = 175 | N = 2507 | N = 9758 | |||
| Sex, N (%) | |||||
| Female | 98 (56.0) | 1177 (47.0) | 4110 (42.1) | 0.18 | 0.28 |
| Male | 77 (44.0) | 1330 (53.0) | 5642 (57.8) | 0.18 | 0.28 |
| Age, mean (SD) | 49 (10) | 51 (11) | 51 (12) | 0.19 | 0.20 |
| Years in practice, mean (SD) | 23 (11) | 25 (12) | 25 (13) | 0.20 | 0.21 |
| Canadian medical graduate, N (%) | |||||
| Yes | 141 (80.6) | 1878 (74.9) | 7054 (72.3) | 0.14 | 0.20 |
| No | 34 (19.4) | 629 (25.1) | 2698 (27.7) | 0.14 | 0.20 |
| Roster size, mean (SD) | 1257 (582) | 1126 (786) | 1120 (1045) | 0.19 | 0.16 |
| Primary care modelb, N(%) | |||||
| Solo physicians | 12 (6.9) | 0 | 3711 (38.0) | - | 0.81 |
| FHG | 44 (25.1) | 1117 (44.6) | 2415 (24.8) | 0.42 | 0.01 |
| FHN | < 6 | 27 (1.1) | 202 (2.1) | - | - |
| FHO | 38 (21.7) | 401 (16.0) | 1765 (18.1) | 0.15 | 0.09 |
| FHT | 73 (41.7) | 923 (36.8) | 1594 (16.3) | 0.10 | 0.58 |
| Other group | < 6 | 39 (1.6) | 71 (0.7) | - | - |
SD standard deviation, FHG Family Health Group, FHN Family Health Network, FHO Family Health Organization, FHT Family Health Team
aClarify that standardized differences >=0.2 are considered a meaningful difference and are highlighted in italics
bPrimary care models are classified according to type of practice model and remuneration: solo physicians (including enhanced fee for service and fee for service), group enhanced fee for service (i.e. Family Health Group), group capitated (i.e. Family Health Organization), and group capitated with an allied health team (i.e. Family Health Team). Family Health Network and Other group models were not included in the analysis as they each had fewer than 6 physician respondents in the QUALICOPC