Table 4.
Comparison of family physician characteristics in Alberta and in the CPCSSN data
| All family medicine physicians in Alberta15 | Family physicians contributing to CPCSSN AB (data up to June 2018) | Family physicians who agreed to EMR-admin data linkage (hypertension cohort) | |
| Total, N | 5489 | 310 | 48* |
| Female, n (%) | 2343 (42.7) | 171 (55.2) | 27 (56.2) |
| Male, n (%) | 3146 (57.3) | 139 (44.8) | 21 (43.8) |
| Mean age, years (SD) | 48.8 | 47.1 (10.3) | 48.7 (12.0) |
| <30, n (%) | 217 (4.0) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0) |
| 30–39, n (%) | 1354 (24.7) | 67 (21.6) | 13 (31.7) |
| 40–49, n (%) | 1441 (26.3) | 79 (25.5) | 9 (22.0) |
| 50–59, n (%) | 1191 (21.7) | 72 (23.2) | 7 (17.1) |
| 60–69, n (%) | 542 (9.9) | 35 (11.3) | 11 (26.8) |
| 70+, n (%) | 731 (13.3) | 3 (1.0) | 1 (2.4) |
| Missing age, n (%) | 13 (0.2) | 53 (17.1) | 7 (14.6) |
| Rural practice, n (%) | 670 (12.2) | 43 (13.9) | 5 (10.4) |
| International medical training, n (%) | 2373 (43.2) | 69 (22.3) | 1 (2.1) |
| Missing location of medical training, n (%) | n/a | 19 (6.1) | 1 (2.1) |
*Excludes one nurse practitioner from the 49 providers who contributed to the linkage.
AB, Alberta; CPCSSN, Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network; EMR, electronic medical record.;