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. 2021 Sep 14;21:963. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06595-x

Table 11.

Association between enrolment in an interprofessional team-based model and timely access, after-hours access to care, walk-in clinic use and emergency department visits in the year responded to the survey

Timely access to care Reference: non-interprofessional teams
OR 95% CI P-Value
Unadjusted (null model) 1.03 0.91 1.15 0.6764
Adjusted for:
 Physician group characteristics 1.01 0.90 1.13 0.8397
 Group and physicians’ characteristics 1.02 0.92 1.14 0.7041
 Physician group, physician and patients 1.12 1.00 1.24 0.0436*

After-hours care at the year responded to the survey

Reference: non-interprofessional teams

OR 95% CI P-Value
Unadjusted (null model) 0.87 0.79 0.96 0.0068*
Adjusted for:
 Physician group characteristics 0.81 0.73 0.89 < 0.0001*
 Group and physicians’ characteristics 0.81 0.73 0.90 < 0.0001*
 Physician group, physician and patients 1.01 0.91 1.12 0.8251

Walk-in clinic visits at the year responded to the survey

Reference: non-interprofessional teams

OR 95% CI P-Value
Unadjusted (null model) 0.63 0.57 0.69 < 0.001*
Adjusted for:
 Physician group characteristics 0.67 0.60 0.74 < 0.001*
 Group and physicians’ characteristics 0.68 0.61 0.76 < 0.001*
 Physician group, physician and patients 0.84 0.75 0.94 0.0019*

Emergency department uses at the year responded to the survey

Reference: non-interprofessional teams

OR 95% CI P-Value
Unadjusted (null model) 1.17 1.08 1.28 < 0.0002*
Adjusted for:
 Physician group characteristics 1.20 1.10 1.31 < 0.001*
 Group and physicians’ characteristics 1.20 1.10 1.30 < 0.001*
 Physician group, physician and patients 1.05 0.95 1.15 0.3234

*p-value significant < 0.05

† Adjustment used physician groups and physicians’ characteristics identified on March 31st, 2015 and patients’ characteristics at the year they have responded to the HCES