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Table 4 Percentage distribution of selected characteristics by delivery model, sex, age, English language ability, rurality, employment, and self-reported health status

From: Delivery of primary health care to persons who are socio-economically disadvantaged: does the organizational delivery model matter?

Info typea

Characteristics

High income & education

Low incomeb

Low educationc

Low income & education

 

Sample size ( number of patients) d

3010

444

386

215

Community Health Centres – Salaried

509 (58%)

194 (22%)

75 (9%)

93 (11%)

Fee-For-Service – Fee-For-Service

824 (79%)

88 (8%)

92 (9%)

43 (4%)

Family Health Teams – New Capitation

920 (79%)

85 (7%)

108 (9%)

46 (4%)

Health Service Organizations – Established Capitation

757 (77%)

77 (8%)

111 (11%)

33 (3%)

 

Socio- demographic and social disadvantage profile

Demog

Sex (women)*

64%

75%

54%

72%

Demog

Age (mean years)*

48

44

60

63

Demog

Rurality index (mean)*

13

12

16

16

Demog

Distance from home to practice > 10 km*

26%

20%

22%

20%

SD

Not speaking English or French at home*

0.8%

4.5%

1.6%

3.3%

SD

Aboriginal*

1.1%

3.2%

1.0%

1.9%

SD

Uninsured (in Canada)*

0.9%

4.5%

1.6%

3.7%

SD

Unemployed*

2.1%

16.9%

3.6%

15.8%

SD

Recent immigrant (< 5 years)*

1.1%

6.2%

0.5%

3.8%

 

Health status

H

Mean days with poor mental*/physical* health in past 30 days

3.9/4.6

7.8/7.9

4.0/6.8

7.0/9.4

H

Mean days limited by poor mental or physical health in past 30 days*

3.3

6.9

5.4

7.5

H

Self-perceived health very good-excellent*

88%

64%

73%

60%

H

Presence of at least one chronic disease*/Mean number of chronic diseases*e

69%/1.6

77%/2.2

84%/2.6

88%/2.9

 

Relationship with the practice

 

Provider is a Nurse Practitioner *

2.5%

4.1%

1.7%

3.5%

Seeing their own provider at that visit

94%

92%

96%

93%

Attending the practice for more than 2 years*

85%

79%

84%

83%

Number of visits to the office in previous year (mean*, median)

5.4/4

10.0/6

7.7/5

9.0/6

Main reason for visit – Chronic (long term) problem*

26%

42%

38%

39%

  1. aInfo Type column identifies the category of information adjusted for in the analyses for the given row.
  2. Socio-demographic information = Demog.
  3. Health status = H.
  4. Social disadvantage = SD.
  5. bLow income = individuals living under the Low Income Cut Off, as defined by Statistics Canada.
  6. cLow education = less than high school degree.
  7. d4,164 and 5,113 individuals provided income and education data, respectively.
  8. e13 chronic diseases assessed (self-reported).
  9. Statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) are identified by “*”.
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