Characteristics of health care organizations
| CHARACTERISTICS | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Region of Quebec | |
| • Monteregie | 146 (38.8) |
| • Montreal | 230 (61.2) |
| Specific location | |
| • Building owned by physicians | 66 (17.6) |
| • Rented offices in commercial building for health professionals | 133 (35.4) |
| • Rented offices in commercial building for any type of business | 115 (30.6) |
| • Publicly funded health network (hospital, local community service centre, etc) | 49 (13.0) |
| • Other | 13 (3.5) |
| Time since opening, y | |
| • 0–4 | 20 (5.3) |
| • 5–9 | 26 (6.9) |
| • ≥ 10 | 330 (87.8) |
| Type of clinic | |
| • Traditional (group or solo clinic, family medicine unit, local community service centre) | 279 (74.2) |
| • New (family medicine group, network clinic, or both) | 97 (25.8) |
| Population served | |
| • Anyone who needs services | 79 (21.0) |
| • Regular or registered clients | 234 (62.2) |
| • Population in the area | 63 (16.8) |
| No. of FPs working in the organization | |
| • 1 | 116 (30.9) |
| • 2–5 | 128 (34.0) |
| • 6–10 | 73 (19.4) |
| • > 10 | 59 (15.7) |
| At least 1 nurse working in the organization | 178 (47.3) |
| At least 1 clinic FP also working in an emergency or acute care unit in a hospital | 183 (48.7) |
| Clinic collaboration with a hospital | 170 (45.2) |
| No. of non-FP specialists within clinic building | |
| • 0 | 166 (44.1) |
| • 1–2 | 84 (22.3) |
| • 3–4 | 53 (14.1) |
| • ≥ 5 | 73 (19.4) |
| No. of nonphysician professionals within clinic building | |
| • 0 | 132 (35.1) |
| • 1–2 | 104 (27.7) |
| • 3–4 | 88 (23.4) |
| • ≥ 5 | 52 (13.8) |
| Walk-in patient visits, % | |
| • 0 | 67 (17.8) |
| • 1–25 | 175 (46.5) |
| • 26–50 | 78 (20.7) |
| • > 50 | 56 (14.9) |