Table 2.
Patients’ characteristics comparing patients in interprofessional teams, non-interprofessional teams, all multi-morbid patients and all Ontarians adults on March 31st, 2003
| Multi-morbid patients in interprofessional teams | Multi-morbid patients in Non- interprofessional teams | All multi-morbid patients in Ontario | All Ontarians | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients total | 475,611 | 618,363 | 2,920,990 | 9,397,586 | ||||
| Sex No. (%) | ||||||||
| Males | 186,729 | 39.3 | 246,882 | 39.9 | 1,240,516 | 42.5 | 4,576,936 | 48.7 |
| Female | 288,882 | 60.7 | 371,481 | 60.1 | 1,680,474 | 57.5 | 4,820,650 | 51.3 |
| Missing | – | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | – | 0.0 |
| Age group, yr. No. (%) | ||||||||
| 18–44 | 138,965 | 29.2 | 184,059 | 29.8 | 654,813 | 22.4 | 4,863,276 | 51.8 |
| 45–64 | 227,930 | 47.9 | 296,914 | 48.0 | 1,127,265 | 38.6 | 2,981,705 | 31.7 |
| 65–84 | 107,821 | 22.7 | 136,227 | 22.0 | 999,353 | 34.2 | 1,389,782 | 14.8 |
| 84+ | 895 | 0.2 | 1163 | 0.2 | 139,559 | 4.8 | 162,823 | 1.7 |
| Missing | – | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | – | 0.0 |
| New OHIP registrants (within 10 years) No. (%) | 13,742 | 2.9 | 29,981 | 4.9 | 157,488 | 5.4 | 1,200,951 | 12.8 |
| Income quintile, No. (%) | ||||||||
| 1 (low) | 84,198 | 17.7 | 101,739 | 16.5 | 583,685 | 20.0 | 1,799,279 | 19.2 |
| 2 | 96,387 | 20.3 | 115,903 | 18.7 | 605,293 | 20.7 | 1,884,459 | 20.1 |
| 3 | 95,925 | 20.2 | 125,618 | 20.3 | 588,141 | 20.1 | 1,892,274 | 20.1 |
| 4 | 96,214 | 20.2 | 132,243 | 21.4 | 570,140 | 19.5 | 1,903,560 | 20.3 |
| 5 (high) | 101,596 | 21.4 | 141,926 | 23.0 | 565,536 | 19.4 | 1,888,811 | 20.1 |
| Missing | 1291 | 0.3 | 934 | 0.2 | 8195 | 0.3 | 29,203 | 0.3 |
| Rurality Index of Ontario, No. (%) | ||||||||
| Major urban (0 to 9) | 257,792 | 54.2 | 475,286 | 76.9 | 2,026,660 | 69.4 | 6698,329 | 71.3 |
| Semi-urban (10 to 39) | 150,810 | 31.7 | 111,986 | 18.1 | 608,960 | 20.9 | 1,852,225 | 19.7 |
| Rural (≥40) | 63,866 | 13.4 | 28,970 | 4.7 | 260,936 | 8.9 | 761,861 | 8.1 |
| Missing | 3143 | 0.7 | 2121 | 0.3 | 24,434 | 0.8 | 85,171 | 0.9 |
| Resource utilization band (RUB), No. (%) | ||||||||
| 0 (non-user) | 2157 | 0.5 | 2431 | 0.4 | 30,338 | 1.0 | 938,240 | 10.0 |
| 1 | 2252 | 0.5 | 2595 | 0.4 | 11,227 | 0.4 | 555,466 | 5.9 |
| 2 | 23,325 | 4.9 | 27,403 | 4.4 | 114,781 | 3.9 | 1,588,712 | 16.9 |
| 3 | 306,213 | 64.4 | 399,620 | 64.6 | 1,691,226 | 57.9 | 4,685,817 | 49.9 |
| 4 | 109,010 | 22.9 | 146,389 | 23.7 | 734,298 | 25.1 | 1,253,298 | 13.3 |
| 5 (very high user) | 32,654 | 6.9 | 39,925 | 6.5 | 339,120 | 11.6 | 376,053 | 4.0 |
| Missing | ||||||||
| Patients with Chronic disease | ||||||||
| 2 + Co-morbidity No. (%) | 475,611 | 100.0 | 618,363 | 100.0 | 2,920,990 | 100.0 | 2,920,990 | 31.1 |
| 3+ comorbidities No. (%) | 194,828 | 41.0 | 257,141 | 41.6 | 1,481,098 | 50.7 | 1,481,098 | 15.8 |
| 4+ comorbidities No. (%) | 71,285 | 15.0 | 95,323 | 15.4 | 723,296 | 24.8 | 723,296 | 7.7 |
| 5+ comorbidities No. (%) | 23,824 | 5.0 | 323,368 | 5.2 | 344,685 | 11.8 | 344,685 | 3.7 |