Table 1.
Physician characteristics stratified by ratio of ambulatory visits in January to June 2020:2019.
| Characteristic | Physicians | P value | |||||
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All (N=28,383) | Low use: 0 to 0.50 visitsa (n=5422) |
Same use: >0.50 to <1.25 visits (n=19,998) |
High use: 1.25 to <6.0 visitsb (n=2672) |
Very high use: ≥6.0 visits (n=291) |
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| Age (years), mean (SD) | 53.9 (11.2) | 56.1 (12.6) | 53.7 (10.8) | 51.9 (11.24) | 49.2 (11.5) | <.001 | |
| Years since graduation, mean (SD) | 25.1 (13.3) | 26.7 (15.5) | 25.4 (12.5) | 20.5 (12.60) | 15.8 (11.7) | <.001 | |
| Sex (female), n (%) | 11,864 (41.8) | 2287 (42.5) | 8116 (40.6) | 1268 (48.4) | 148 (55.4) | <.001 | |
| Canadian or internationally trained (Canadian trained), n (%) | 16,218 (76.4) | 2928 (77.2) | 11,912 (75.7) | 1282 (81.6) | 96 (83.5) | <.001 | |
| Number of unique patients seen in 2019 (January to June) | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 729.2 (795.0) | 496.53 (675.0) | 858.28 (828.8) | 308.81 (433.4) | 55.46 (60.5) | <.001 | |
| Median (IQR) | 539 (163-999) | 257 (75-689) | 691 (295-1129) | 153 (50-402) | 35 (17-72) | <.001 | |
| Number of unique patients seen in 2020 (January to June) | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 556.7 (618.1) | 155.2 (297.0) | 684.5 (639.5) | 428.0 (577.4) | 439.3 (408.9) | <.001 | |
| Median (IQR) | 408 (100-789) | 35 (0-183) | 559 (241-910) | 236 (81-567) | 347 (133-590) | <.001 | |
| Percent virtual care visits in 2020 (January to June) | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 31.9 (22.7) | 14.95 (24.3) | 34.03 (20.0) | 40.3 (26.2) | 42.3 (28.6) | <.001 | |
| Median (IQR) | 34 (11-49) | 0 (0-22) | 37 (19-49) | 44 (18-60) | 42 (21-61) | <.001 | |
| Number of virtual care visits in 2020 (January to June) | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 400.7 (571.0) | 52.1 (139.5) | 471.3 (570.6) | 411.9 (771.3) | 294.8 (315.1) | <.001 | |
| Median (IQR) | 231 (30-551) | 1 (0-37) | 324 (98-639) | 199 (32-494) | 205 (70-432) | <.001 | |
| Number of total visits in 2020 (January to June) | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 1101.2 (1228.9) | 292.2 (484.9) | 1300.0 (1257.7) | 877.9 (1293.1) | 738.0 (655.7) | <.001 | |
| Median (IQR) | 780 (240-1503) | 108 (23-370) | 1004 (454-1715) | 495 (151-1105) | 538 (274-976) | <.001 | |
| Number of total visits in 2019 (January to June) | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 1304.8 (1420.4) | 800.5 (1103.6) | 1561.5 (1483.3) | 541.4 (855.9) | 66.1 (73.7) | <.001 | |
| Median (IQR) | 934 (286-1799) | 392 (101-1128) | 1212 (539-2078) | 267 (74-658) | 43 (20-84) | <.001 | |
| Number of visits per billing day in 2020 (January to June) | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 12.1 (9.5) | 8.1 (8.3) | 13.2 (9.5) | 9.7 (9.8) | 10.2 (7.3) | <.001 | |
| Median (IQR) | 9 (5-15) | 5 (2-10) | 11 (6-16) | 7 (3-12) | 7 (4-12) | <.001 | |
| Number of virtual visits per billing day in 2020 (January to June) | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 8.6 (6.7) | 5.0 (5.2) | 9.1 (6.5) | 8.1 (7.6) | 7.4 (5.4) | <.001 | |
| Median (IQR) | 7 (4-11) | 3 (2-6) | 7 (4-11) | 6 (3-10) | 6 (3-9) | <.001 | |
| Practice type, n (%) | |||||||
| Specialist | 15,201 (53.6) | 3058 (56.4) | 10,419 (52.1) | 1590 (59.5) | 134 (46.0) | <.001 | |
| Primary care provider | 9393 (33.1) | 1366 (25.2) | 7560 (37.8) | 436 (16.3) | 31 (10.7) | N/Ac | |
| Focused primary care providerd | 426 (1.5) | 120 (2.2) | 190 (1.0) | 97 (3.6) | 19 (6.5) | N/A | |
| Miscellaneous | 3363 (50.0) | 878 (13.1) | 1829 (27.2) | 549 (8.2) | 107 (1.6) | N/A | |
aVisits of 0 to 0.50 correspond to physicians who had a 50% or greater reduction in ambulatory visits between 2019 and 2020.
bVisits of 1.25 to <6 correspond to physicians who had a 25% 6-fold increase in visits between 2019 and 2020.
cN/A: not applicable; a single test was conducted across all four groups in this section and the P value is reported in the row for the first group.
dFocused primary care providers are primary care providers who specialize in a specific care (eg, palliative care).