Table 3a Comparing patient participants of the TRANSFORMATION survey to other patients visiting the practice on the same day and randomly selected dates
| Â | Group 1: Transformation patient respondents | Group 2: Same Day Group | Group 3: Randomly Selected Day | Standardized difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | N = 534 | N = 1523 | N = 2,900 | Group 2 vs. 1 | Group 3 vs. 1 |
Sex, N (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Female | 325 (60.9) | 903 (59.3) | 1,690 (58.3) | 0.03 | 0.05 |
 Male | 209 (39.1) | 620 (40.7) | 1,210 (41.7) | 0.03 | 0.05 |
Age, N (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 18–44 | 138 (25.8) | 357 (23.4) | 852 (29.4) | 0.06 | 0.08 |
 45–64 | 244 (45.7) | 516 (33.9) | 934 (32.2) | 0.24 | 0.28 |
 >= 65 | 152 (28.5) | 650 (42.7) | 1,114 (38.4) | 0.30 | 0.21 |
Material deprivation N (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 1 (lowest deprivation) | 44 (8.4) | 174 (12.0) | 359 (13.2) | 0.12 | 0.16 |
 2 | 108 (20.6) | 223 (15.4) | 465 (17.1) | 0.13 | 0.09 |
 3 | 121 (23.0) | 266 (18.4) | 523 (19.2) | 0.12 | 0.09 |
 4 | 110 (20.95) | 272 (18.8) | 528 (19.4) | 0.05 | 0.04 |
 5 highest deprivation) | 142 (27.1) | 512 (35.4) | 850 (31.2) | 0.18 | 0.09 |
Resource utilization bands (RUBs), N (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 0 (non-user) | 17 (3.2) | 12 (0.8) | 51 (1.8) | 0.17 | 0.09 |
 1 (health user) | 8 (1.5) | 19 (1.3) | 52 (1.8) | 0.02 | 0.02 |
 2 (low morbidity) | 67 (12.6) | 127 (8.3) | 259 (8.9) | 0.14 | 0.12 |
 3 (moderate morbidity) | 277 (51.9) | 699 (45.9) | 1,362 (47.0) | 0.12 | 0.10 |
 4 (high morbidity) | 110 (20.6) | 381 (25.0) | 658 (22.7) | 0.11 | 0.05 |
 5 (very high morbidity) | 55 (10.3) | 285 (18.7) | 518 (17.9) | 0.24 | 0.22 |
Rurality Index of Ontario, N (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Large urban | 30 (5.6) | 266 (17.5) | 708 (24.4) | 0.38 | 0.55 |
 Small urban | 184 (34.5) | 767 (50.4) | 1,080 (37.2) | 0.33 | 0.06 |
 Rural | 320 (59.9) | 490 (32.2) | 1,112 (38.3) | 0.58 | 0.44 |
Health care visits in the last year, Mean (SD) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Primary care visits | 3.66 (5.0) | 4.06 (4.7) | 4.30 (4.9) | 0.08 | 0.13 |
 ED visits | 0.75 (1.53) | 1.27 (2.5) | 1.23 (2.5) | 0.25 | 0.24 |
 Acute care visits | 0.15 (0.60) | 0.31 (0.8) | 0.30 (0.9) | 0.21 | 0.20 |
Chronic Disease, N (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Asthma | 97 (18.2) | 314 (20.6) | 604 (20.8) | 0.06 | 0.07 |
 COPD | 27 (5.1) | 182 (12.0) | 314 (10.8) | 0.25 | 0.21 |
 CHF | 35 (6.6) | 202 (13.3) | 298 (10.3) | 0.23 | 0.13 |
 Hypertension | 214 (40.1) | 757 (49.7) | 1,258 (43.4) | 0.19 | 0.07 |
 Diabetes | 132 (24.7) | 434 (28.5) | 693 (23.9) | 0.09 | 0.02 |