How do respondents of primary care surveys compare to typical users of primary care? A comparison of two surveys

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Table 2a Comparing physician participants of the TRANSFORMATION survey to other physicians in the same practice group and physicians in Eastern Ontario Public Health Unit (PHU)

	Group 1: Transformation physician respondents	Group 2: Physicians in same group of physician respondents	Group 3: Physicians in Eastern Ontario PHU	Standardized difference
	N = 47	N = 69	N = 219	Group 2 vs. 1	Group 3 vs. 1
Sex, N (%)
Female	14 (28.8)	29 (42.0)	67 (30.6)	0.26	0.02
Male	33 (70.2)	40 (58.0)	152 (69.4)	0.26	0.02
Age, Mean (SD)	53 (9)	52 (12)	53 (13)	0.09	0.09
Years, in practice, Mean (SD)	26 (10)	24 (13)	27 (13)	0.20	0.05
Canadian medical graduate, N (%)
No	9 (19.2)	13 (18.8)	59 (26.9)	0.01	0.19
Yes	38 (80.9)	56 (81.2)	160 (73.1)	0.01	0.19
Roster size, Mean (SD)	1,657 (918)	1,509 (965)	885 (1015)	0.16	0.80
Primary care model, N (%)
Group salaried with team (CHC)	6 (12.8)	15 (21.7)	15 (6.9)	0.24	0.20
Enhanced FFS (FHG&CCM&FFS)	13 (27.7)	6 (8.7)	147 (67.1)	0.51	0.86
Group capitated (FHN&FHO)	15 (31.9)	19 (28)	39 (17.8)	0.10	0.33
Group capitated with team (FHT)	13 (27.7)	29 (42.0)	18 (8.2)	0.31	0.52

SD, standard deviation; CHC, Community Health Centre, FHG, Family Health Group; CCM, Chronic Care Model; FFS, Fee for service (can include solo practice); FHN, Family Health Network; FHO, Family Health Organization; FHT, Family Health Team.
*Primary care models are classified according to type of practice model and remuneration: group salaried with team (CHC), enhanced fee for service (including family health groups, chronic care model, and fee for service), group capitated (Family Health Network and Family Health Organization), and group capitated with an allied health team (i.e. Family Health Team).

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