| Variable | No. of patients (%)* n = 14 907 | |
|---|---|---|
| Patient characteristics | ||
| Age, yr; mean ± SD | 65.2 ± 15.9 | |
| Male | 7 942 | (53.3) |
| Income quintile | ||
| 1 | 2 491 | (16.7) |
| 2 | 2 893 | (19.4) |
| 3 | 2 913 | (19.5) |
| 4 | 3 198 | (21.5) |
| 5 | 3 412 | (22.9) |
| Rural residence | 2 088 | (14.0) |
| Long-term care or nursing home residence | 248 | (1.7) |
| Immigrant | 1 195 | (8.0) |
| Past medical history | ||
| Hypertension, recent diagnosis (in the last yr) | 419 | (2.8) |
| Hypertension, diagnosis made before the last 1 yr | 8 699 | (58.4) |
| Heart failure, recent diagnosis (in the last yr) | 225 | (1.5) |
| Heart failure, diagnosis made before the last 1 yr | 787 | (5.3) |
| Acute myocardial infarction | 2 156 | (14.5) |
| Coronary artery disease | 1 726 | (11.6) |
| Coronary artery bypass graft | 361 | (2.4) |
| Stroke | 541 | (3.6) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 2 896 | (19.4) |
| Dementia | 550 | (3.7) |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 2 426 | (16.3) |
| Asthma | 2 014 | (13.5) |
| Renal failure | 527 | (3.5) |
| Nonmetastatic cancer | 1 895 | (12.7) |
| Metastatic cancer | 252 | (1.7) |
| CHADS2 score ≥ 2 | 5 830 | (39.1) |
| ADG score, mean ± SD | 9.9 ± 4.2 | |
| Emergency department visit characteristics | ||
| Emergency department triage score (1 = highest acuity) | ||
| 1 or 2 | 9 916 | (66.5) |
| 3 | 4 991 | (33.5) |
| No. of patients who arrived by ambulance | 4 074 | (27.3) |
| Time of day patient presented to emergency department | ||
| 00:00–07:59 | 2 872 | (19.3) |
| 08:00–15:59 | 7 640 | (51.3) |
| 16:00–23:59 | 4 395 | (29.5) |
| Day of week patient presented to emergency department | ||
| Weekday | 11 492 | (77.1) |
| Weekend | 3 415 | (22.9) |
| Emergency department physician, sex | ||
| Unknown | 1 895 | (12.7) |
| Female | 2 581 | (17.3) |
| Male | 10 431 | (70.0) |
| Emergency department physician, specialty | ||
| Emergency medicine (3-yr program) | 5 875 | (39.4) |
| Emergency medicine (5-yr program) | 1 962 | (13.2) |
| Family medicine | 3 832 | (25.7) |
| Other | 1 345 | (9.0) |
| Unknown | 1 893 | (12.7) |
| Emergency department physician, no. of years of practice; yr | ||
| 0–3 | 1 900 | (12.7) |
| 4–10 | 3 686 | (24.7) |
| 11–20 | 4 219 | (28.3) |
| > 20 | 3 159 | (21.2) |
| Unknown | 1 943 | (13.0) |
| Hospital type | ||
| Community | 11 285 | (75.7) |
| Small | 836 | (5.6) |
| Teaching | 2 786 | (18.7) |
| Family physician characteristics | ||
| Family physician, sex | ||
| Female | 3 804 | (25.5) |
| Male | 10 333 | (69.3) |
| Unknown | 770 | (5.2) |
| Family physician, main specialty | ||
| Family medicine | 13 981 | (93.8) |
| Emergency medicine | 146 | (1.0) |
| Unknown | 780 | (5.2) |
| Family physician, no. of years of practice; yr | ||
| 0–5 | 542 | (3.6) |
| 6–10 | 901 | (6.0) |
| 11–15 | 1 353 | (9.1) |
| > 15 | 11 329 | (76.0) |
| Unknown | 782 | (5.2) |
| No. of patients with a family physician | 14 146 | (94.9) |
| Family physician’s model type | ||
| CCM† or FHG‡ | 6 613 | (44.4) |
| FHN§ with FHT | 692 | (4.6) |
| FHN§ without FHT | 315 | (2.1) |
| FHO¶ with FHT | 2 271 | (15.2) |
| FHO¶ without FHT | 3 189 | (21.4) |
| FFS** | 1 066 | (7.2) |
| Family physician belongs to an FHT | 2 963 | (19.9) |
Note: ADG = aggregated diagnosis group, CCM = comprehensive care model, CHADS2 = cardiac failure, hypertension, age, diabetes, stroke system, FFS = fee for service, FHG = family health group, FHN = family health network, FHO = family health organization, FHT = family health team, SD = standard deviation. *Unless otherwise specified. †Primarily fee for service, < 3 physicians. ‡Primarily fee for service, ≥ 3 physicians. §Primarily capitation, small basket of services. ¶Primarily capitation, large basket of services. **Traditional fee for service.