Patient and encounter characteristics for enrolled walk-in patients — visits in a walk-in setting compared with visits to their enrolling family physician, Jan. 1, 2019, to Dec. 31, 2019
| Characteristic | Walk-in setting n = 393 922 patients* | Enrolling family physician setting n = 265 468 patients | Standardized mean difference† |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of encounters in 2019, no. (%) | |||
| 1 | 248 087 (63.0) | 72 447 (27.3) | 0.77 |
| 2 | 75 255 (19.1) | 52 410 (19.7) | 0.02 |
| 3 | 30 458 (7.7) | 39 039 (14.7) | 0.22 |
| ≥ 4 | 40 122 (10.2) | 101 572 (38.3) | 0.69 |
| Distance from residence to practice physician in kilometres, no. (%) | |||
| Median (IQR) | 5.8 (2.3–25.8) | 7.3 (3.3–18.1) | 0.05 |
| 0–3 | 124 325 (31.6) | 59 281 (22.4) | 0.21 |
| 3–7 | 92 485 (23.5) | 69 875 (26.4) | 0.07 |
| 7–16 | 52 991 (13.5) | 61 857 (23.3) | 0.26 |
| ≥ 16 | 123 413 (31.4) | 74 012 (27.9) | 0.08 |
| Encounter-level characteristic | Walk-in setting encounters n = 751 414 | Enrolling family physician setting encounters n = 993 300 | Standardized mean difference† |
| Day of the week of encounter, no. (%) | |||
| Monday | 125 314 (16.8) | 201 718 (20.3) | 0.09 |
| Tuesday | 128 109 (17.2) | 222 796 (22.4) | 0.13 |
| Wednesday | 125 253 (16.8) | 182 905 (18.4) | 0.04 |
| Thursday | 117 790 (15.8) | 209 992 (21.1) | 0.14 |
| Friday | 112 041 (15.0) | 131 161 (13.2) | 0.05 |
| Saturday | 74 785 (10.0) | 32 318 (3.3) | 0.27 |
| Sunday | 62 100 (8.3) | 12 410 (1.2) | 0.34 |
| After hours | 119 417 (15.9) | 93 404 (9.4) | 0.20 |