From: What is the impact of primary care model type on specialist referral rates? A cross-sectional study
Characteristic | Primary care model type | All n = 6370 | ||
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FFS | CAP-NI | CAP-I | ||
n = 3357 | n = 1591 | n = 1 422 | ||
Physician level | ||||
Female (n, %) | 1285 (38.3) | 588 (37.0) | 570 (40.1) | 2443 (38.4) |
Years since graduation (mean, SD) | 26.4 (11.0) | 25.1 (10.5) | 23.7 (10.6) | 25.5 (10.8) |
Foreign trained (n, %) | 1125 (33.6) | 243 (15.3) | 206 (14.5) | 1574 (24.8) |
Years practicing in current model (mean, SD) | 4.0 (1.8) | 1.7 (1.3) | 2.4 (2.2) | 3.1 (2.1) |
Patient level | n = 5 390 238 | n = 2 573 253 | n = 2 083 383 | n = 10 046 874 |
Female (n,%) | 2 821 266 (52.3) | 1 345 330 (52.3) | 1 104 388 (53.0) | 5 270 984 (52.5) |
Age in years (n, %) | ||||
0–19 | 1 215 419 (22.6) | 570 824 (22.2) | 478 242 (23.0) | 2 264 485 (22.5) |
20–39 | 1 463 203 (27.2) | 620 080 (24.1) | 499 797 (24.0) | 2 583 080 (25.7) |
40–59 | 1 674 815 (31.1) | 796 341 (31.0) | 628 284 (30.2) | 3 099 440 (30.9) |
60–79 | 843 309 (15.7) | 465 495 (18.1) | 379 943 (18.2) | 1 688 747 (16.8) |
80+ | 193 492 (3.6) | 120 513 (4.7) | 97 117 (4.7) | 411 122 (4.1) |
Aggregated diagnosis group (n, %) | ||||
0 | 585 650 (10.9) | 356 024 (13.8) | 336 593 (16.2) | 1 278 267 (12.7) |
1 | 3 283 238 (60.9) | 1 649 720 (64.1) | 1 340 816 (64.4) | 6 273 774 (62. 5) |
2 | 1 386 818 (25.7) | 521 824 (20.3) | 373 666 (17.9) | 2 282 308 (22.7) |
3 | 134 532 (2.5) | 45 685 (1.8) | 32 308 (1.6) | 212 525 (2.1) |
Income quintile (n, %) | ||||
1 (low) | 1 037 373 (19.4) | 390 390 (15.3) | 362 374 (17.5) | 1 790 137 (17.9) |
2 | 1 080 224 (20.2) | 454 207 (17.8) | 400 160 (19.3) | 1 934 591 (19.4) |
3 | 1 110 734 (20.7) | 503 332 (19.7) | 413 768 (20.0) | 2 027 834 (20.3) |
4 | 1 131 680 (21.1) | 574 193 (22.5) | 451 132 (21.8) | 2 157 005 (21.6) |
5 (High) | 999 066 (18.6) | 635 649 (24.9) | 442 822 (21.4) | 2 077 537 (20.8) |
Rurality index (n, %) | ||||
≥45 | 92 378 (1.7) | 92 125 (3.6) | 202 923 (9.9) | 387 426 (3.9) |
10–44 | 760 940 (14.2) | 811 197 (31.8) | 763 140 (37.1) | 2 335 277 (23.4) |
≤10 | 4 499 476 (84.1) | 1 651 700 (64.7) | 1 092 498 (53.1) | 7 243 674 (72.7) |