Quality of asthma care under different primary care models in Canada: a population-based study

To, Teresa; Guan, Jun; Zhu, Jingqin; Lougheed, M Diane; Kaplan, Alan; Tamari, Itamar; Stanbrook, Matthew B; Simatovic, Jacqueline; Feldman, Laura; Gershon, Andrea S

doi:10.1186/s12875-015-0232-y

BMC Primary Care

Table 1 Characteristics of patient population and physician by practice models

From: Quality of asthma care under different primary care models in Canada: a population-based study

	Overall		Fee-for-service		Blended fee-for-service		Blended capitation
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
2006
*Patient characteristics*
Number of asthma patients	1675282		292222	17.4	1089808	65.1	293252	17.5
Female	890927	53.2	143906	49.2	585260	53.7	161761	55.2
Age groups (years)
0-4	96542	5.8	33587	11.5	50034	4.6	12921	4.4
5-14	368576	22.0	76955	26.3	232332	21.3	59289	20.2
15-64	1016084	60.7	151812	52.0	680563	62.4	183709	62.6
65+	194080	11.6	29868	10.2	126879	11.6	37333	12.7
Means ± SD	32.8 ± 22.8		28.9 ± 23.3		33.5 ± 22.6		34.2 ± 22.9
SES by income quintiles
Quintile 1 - Low	336646	20.1	67381	23.1	213563	19.6	55702	19.0
Quintile 2	335756	20.0	59583	20.4	217530	20.0	58643	20.0
Quintile 3	335221	20.0	55365	18.9	222161	20.4	57695	19.7
Quintile 4	336365	20.1	54480	18.6	220976	20.3	60909	20.8
Quintile 5 - High	325477	19.4	54038	18.5	212220	19.5	59219	20.2
Missing	5817	0.3	1375	0.5	3358	0.3	1084	0.4
Rural residence	174688	10.4	24219	8.3	90771	8.3	59698	20.4
*Physician characteristics*
Number of physicians	11700		5526	47.2	4603	39.3	1571	13.4
Female	4105	35.1	1816	32.9	1710	37.1	579	36.9
Mean age ± SD	49.6 ± 12.4		50.8 ± 14.4		48.9 ± 10.4		47.8 ± 9.9
Mean years in practice ± SD	23.7 ± 11.9		24.7 ± 13.2		23.3 ± 10.7		21.9 ± 10.3
Trained in Canada	8154	69.7	3444	62.3	3371	73.2	1339	85.2
Number of asthma patients on roster
≤200	2570	22.0	1792	32.4	570	12.4	208	13.2
201-375	2983	25.5	1114	20.2	1352	29.4	517	32.9
≥376	6147	52.5	2620	47.4	2681	58.2	846	53.9
2010
*Patient characteristics*
Number of asthma patients	1813922		190656	10.5	844836	46.6	778430	42.9
Female	961173	53.0	90427	47.4	443166	52.5	427580	54.9
Age groups (years)
0-4	77534	4.3	20852	10.9	33098	3.9	23584	3.0
5-14	322417	17.8	48422	25.4	152475	18.0	121520	15.6
15-64	1193641	65.8	102771	53.9	559602	66.2	531268	68.2
65+	220330	12.1	18611	9.8	99661	11.8	102058	13.1
Means ± SD	34.5 ± 22.5		28.6 ± 23.1		34.5 ± 22.3		35.9 ± 22.4
SES by income quintiles
Quintile 1 - low	347895	19.2	41894	22.0	169429	20.1	136572	17.5
Quintile 2	356347	19.6	37922	19.9	171875	20.3	146550	18.8
Quintile 3	365799	20.2	36844	19.3	176756	20.9	152199	19.6
Quintile 4	380224	21.0	37315	19.6	175459	20.8	167450	21.5
Quintile 5 - high	357418	19.7	35785	18.8	148943	17.6	172690	22.2
Missing	6239	0.3	896	0.5	2374	0.3	2969	0.4
Rural residence	181703	10.0	12740	6.7	41459	4.9	127504	16.4
*Physician characteristics*
Number of Physicians	12418		5112	41.2	3487	28.1	3819	30.8
Female	4854	39.1	1886	36.9	1377	39.5	1591	41.7
Mean age ± SD	50.6 ± 12.5		51.2 ± 14.4		51.3 ± 11.3		49.2 ± 10.6
Mean years in practice ± SD	24.7 ± 12.4		25.1 ± 13.7		25.6 ± 11.6		23.2 ± 11.2
Trained in Canada	8679	69.9	3305	64.7	2187	62.7	3187	83.5
Number of asthma patients on roster
≤200	2695	21.7	1516	29.7	576	16.5	603	15.8
201-375	3451	27.8	1043	20.4	963	27.6	1445	37.8
≥376	6272	50.5	2553	49.9	1948	55.9	1771	46.4

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