Table 1.

Description of the models: A) Practice profiles and B) physician profiles.

A) PRACTICE CHARACTERISTICS	MODELS
A) PRACTICE CHARACTERISTICS	CHC, N = 35	FFS AND FHG, N = 35	FHN, N = 35	HSO, N = 32

Solo practices, %	0	26	37	38
Practice size > 4 FPs, %	17	14	40	3
Mean no. of full-time equivalent
• FPs	3.0	2.4	3.6	1.7
• Nurse practitioners	2.5	0.1	0.3	0.2
• Nurses^*	2.7	0.6	1.9	1.0
Practices with nurse practitioners, %	100	8.6	31.4	18.8
No. of patients per FP, in 1000s	1.3	1.8	1.4	2.0
Mean booking time for routine visit, min	25	13	14	14
Setting
• Hospital within 10 km, %	71	85	94	84
• Rurality index^†	14.2	12.6	16.2	8.0
• Mean length of practice operation, y	18.3	16.4	24.4	26.7
Information technology, %
• Using electronic patient records	29	14	57	44
• Using electronic reminder systems	26	14	46	28
B) PHYSICIAN CHARACTERISTICS	MODELS
B) PHYSICIAN CHARACTERISTICS	CHC, N = 182	FFS AND FHG, N = 58	FHN, N = 81	HSO, N = 42

Mean no. of years since graduation	19	22	23	29
Female providers, %	58	45	41	26
Foreign-trained providers, %	9	17	3	14
Providers with CFPC designation, %	79	85	78	68

CFPC—Certification in Family Medicine from the College of Family Physicians of Canada, CHC—community health centre, FFS—fee for service, FHG— family health group, FHN—family health network, HSO—health service organization.
↵* Includes registered practical nurses, nurses, and nursing assistants.
↵† The rurality index is an empirical measure of rurality developed for planning purposes. It measures rurality on a scale of 0 (least rural) to 100 (most rural) by taking geographic and health service factors into account.