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Table 2 Profile of the study population. Description of the practices, providers and patients measures in each group

From: High-performing physicians are more likely to participate in a research study: findings from a quality improvement study

Practice Profile n

Total eligible

IDOCC

Non-IDOCC

302

52

290

Model (n [%]) FFS

264 (87.4)

33 (63.5)

253 (87.2)

CAP non FHT

25 (8.3)

13 (25.0)

24 (8.3)

CAP and FHT

13 (4.3)

6 (11.5)

13 (4.5)

Provider Profile n

1,028

144

884

Model (n [%])

 FFS

808 (78.6)

79 (54.9)

729 (82.5)

 CAP non Interp

115 (11.2)

37 (25.7)

78 (8.8)

 CAP Interp

105 (10.2)

28 (19.4)

77 (8.7)

 Foreign trained (n [%])

170 (16.6)

18 (12.5)

152 (17.2)

 Male (n [%])

536 (52.1)

65 (45.1)

471 (53.3)

 Group size (median)

11

11

11

 1 (n [%])

251 (24.4)

11 (7.6)

240 (27.1)

 2–10 (n [%])

248 (24.1)

51 (35.4)

197 (22.3)

 11+ (n [%])

529 (51.5)

82 (56.9)

447 (50.6)

 Rural (RIO > 40)

117 (11.4)

28 (19.4)

89 (10.1)

 Panel size (mean, 95% CI)

1128 (1085–1172)

1239 (1154–1324)

1109 (1061–1158)

 Age (mean, 95% CI)

48.8 (47.1–50.4)

49.5 (48.7–50.3)

49.4 (48.7–50.1)

Patient Profile n

1,103,491

174,769

928,722

 Male (%)

515311 (46.7)

76,637 (43.9)

438,674 (47.2)

 Age (mean, 95% CI)

40.2 (40.1–40.3)

40.3 (40.3–40.3)

40.3 (40.2–40.3)

RUBs (%)

 0

25231 (2.3)

4925 (2.8)

20306 (2.2)

 1

73539 (6.7)

11148 (6.4)

62391 (6.7)

 2

230717 (20.9)

36342 (20.8)

194375 (20.9)

 3

570556 (51.7)

89735 (51.3)

480821 (51.8)

 4

151202 (13.7)

24385 (14.0)

126817 (13.7)

 5

52246 (4.7)

8234 (4.7)

44012 (4.7)

Rurality

 Urban (RIO < 10)

778850 (70.6)

116954 (66.9)

661896 (71.3)

 Suburban (RIO 10–39)

170227 (15.4)

29745 (17.0)

140482 (15.1)

 Rural (RIO ≥ 40)

154414 (14.0)

28070 (16.1)

126344 (13.6)

Income quintile (%)

 1

170805 (15.6)

21712 (12.5)

149093 (16.2)

 2

205534 (18.8)

30460 (17.5)

175074 (19)

 3

214141 (19.6)

34259 (19.7)

179882 (19.5)

 4

253077 (23.1)

41179 (23.7)

211898 (23.0)

 5

251673 (23.0)

46286 (26.6)

205387 (22.3)

 Immigrant

115926 (10.5)

13566 (7.8)

102360 (11.0)

  1. Profile of practices, physicians and patients meeting the IDOCC eligibility criteria across participation group
  2. Note: In most (42) practices, not all physicians were involved in IDOCC. These are therefore represented in the IDOCC and non-IDOCC columns
  3. 95% CI = 95% confidence interval
  4. IDOCC = Improved Delivery of Cardiovascular Care; FFS = Fee For Service; FHT = Family Health Team; CAP = Capitation; Interp = Interprofessional (note only CAP practices could be interprofessional); RIO = Rurality Index for Ontario; RUBs = Resource Utilization Bands, a measure of patient complexity
  5. Note that because most practices (40) in which at least one physician participated in IDOCC also had physicians not participating in IDOCC, these practices are represented in the two columns, and total number of practices is not the sum of the two columns