Table 3:
Crude number and proportion of respondents reporting favourable access stratified by physician practice model and rurality*
| Access aspect | Model; no. (%) of respondents | p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | Team capitation | Nonteam capitation | Enhanced fee-for-service | Not enrolled | ||
| Same-day/next-day access when sick | ||||||
| Overall | 6493 (40.9) | 2147 (38.5) | 1711 (38.8) | 1868 (45.1) | 767 (43.4) | < 0.001 |
| Big cities | 4406 (43.2) | 1074 (42.5) | 1249 (39.8) | 1505 (45.7) | 578 (46.1) | < 0.001 |
| Small towns | 1605 (40.0) | 795 (40.1) | 377 (36.9) | 310 (44.9) | 123 (39.0) | < 0.001 |
| Rural | 482 (28.8) | 278 (26.2) | 85 (33.5) | 53 (33.1) | 66 (33.3) | 0.04 |
| Satisfaction with time to visit when sick† | ||||||
| Overall | 1576 (70.1) | 554 (69.9) | 470 (69.4) | 372 (70.1) | 180 (72.9) | 0.9 |
| Big cities | 1023 (71.2) | 270 (73.8) | 331 (69.5) | 296 (69.8) | 126 (74.1) | 0.3 |
| Small towns | 400 (69.8) | 194 (69.8) | 110 (67.9) | 63 (74.1) | 33 (68.8) | 0.9 |
| Rural | 153 (64.0) | 90 (60.4) | 29 (74.4) | 13 (59.1) | 21 (72.4) | 0.4 |
| Telephone access | ||||||
| Overall | 13 571 (78.5) | 5239 (78.5) | 4004 (79.4) | 2964 (78.3) | 1364 (76.5) | 0.001 |
| Big cities | 8100 (78.8) | 2283 (80.8) | 2730 (79.2) | 2201 (77.3) | 886 (76.2) | 0.003 |
| Small towns | 3919 (79.0) | 1982 (78.2) | 997 (79.6) | 627 (81.9) | 313 (76.9) | < 0.001 |
| Rural | 1552 (76.2) | 974 (74.2) | 277 (81.2) | 136 (79.5) | 165 (77.5) | 0.07 |
| Awareness of after-hours clinic | ||||||
| Overall | 13 528 (42.2) | 5492 (48.1) | 4213 (47.4) | 2710 (34.3) | 1113 (29.1) | < 0.001 |
| Big cities | 8880 (44.9) | 2832 (58.7) | 3146 (51.0) | 2125 (34.4) | 777 (30.0) | < 0.001 |
| Small towns | 3701 (43.8) | 2061 (49.5) | 900 (42.5) | 507 (36.6) | 233 (29.8) | < 0.001 |
| Rural | 947 (24.7) | 599 (24.6) | 167 (27.9) | 78 (22.9) | 103 (22.3) | 0.008 |
*
Table excludes respondents with missing rurality variable.
†
Data available only for waves 15 and 16.