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Table 1 Comparing the features of primary care models in Ontario, Canada.

From: Comparison of primary care models in the prevention of cardiovascular disease - a cross sectional study

Characteristic

Salary

FFS

Blended Capitation

 

Community Health Centre (CHC)

Fee For Service (FFS)

Family Health Group (FHG)

Family Health Network (FHN)

Family Health Organization (FHO)

Family Health Team (FHT)

Year introduced

1970s

......

2004

2001

2006

2005

Group size

Group practice, size unspecified

1 Physician

Minimum of 3

Minimum of 3

Minimum 3

Group practice, size unspecified

Physician remuneration

Salary

FFS

FFS + incentives

Blended Capitationb

Blended Capitationb

Blended Capitationb

Patient enrollment

Required,

Not required

Required

Required

Required

Required

Access

Extended office hours

No specified requirements

Extended office hours, THAS

Extended office hours, THAS

Extended office hours, THAS

Extended office hours, THAS

Multidisciplinaritya

Extensive

None

None

Some

Some

Extensive

  1. Table adapted from Russell et al. [7]. THAS = Telephone Health Advisory Service, a patient telephone advisory system for which physicians are required to provide on-call services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
  2. a Multidisciplinarity refers to the presence of allied health professionals (e.g., physiotherapist, social worker, dietician, pharmacist), excluding nursing staff, but including nurse practitioners
  3. b Blended Capitation - a base payment (adjusted for age and sex) for all enrolled patients is provided to physicians for the provision of comprehensive care along with incentives, premiums and special payments for the provision of specific primary health care services.