Table 1.

Characteristics of each type of participants' practices in Ontario, Canada.

Characteristics	Family health teams	Community health centres	Nurse practitioner-led clinics
Health professions on the team	Varied based on location but most are composed of family physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, social workers, and dietitians.	Varied based on location but most are composed of family physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, social workers, and dietitians.	Predominantly NPs with FPs consulted based on a need basis, nurses, social workers, and dietitians.
Accountability	Ministry of Health and Long Term Care	Local Health Integration Networks	Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
Clinical programs and services	Vary based on local health and community needs but most sites include programs for diabetes, hypertension, smoking, and weight management (Healthy You) and more.	Specific to local communities' health care needs in order to address social and environmental issues. They offer many health promotion programs including cooking classes for different age groups, hypertension, diabetes, parent-baby drop ins and more.	Most sites include programs for diabetes, weight management, hypertension, seniors and more.
Dietitian on site	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dietitian services covered	Yes	Yes	Yes
Remuneration schemes	FP (capitation + bonuses) NP (salary)	FP (salary) NP (salary)	FP (Fee-for-service) NP (salary)
Electronic Medical Records	Yes	Yes	Yes
Duration of medical visits	Vary based on clinics but for the ones included in the study, FP visits were 15 min and NP visits were 20 min.	Vary based on clinics but for the ones included in the study, visits ranged from 20 to 40 min (based on patients' medical condition)	Vary based on clinics but for the one included in the study, FP visits were 15 min and NP visits were 30 min.

Information collected from site-specific websites and the Association of Ontario Health Centres (Canada) website: https://www.aohc.org/.