Mean self-rated provider community orientation: Respondents answered questions about community orientation on a 4-point Likert scale (1 = definitely not or never to 4 = definitely or always).
| QUESTIONS OR SCORES | CHC N = 182* | FFS AND FHG N = 58* | FHN N = 81* | HSO N = 42* | P VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do you make home visits? | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | .023 |
| Do you think you have adequate knowledge about the health problems of the community you serve? | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | .49 |
| Do you get opinions and ideas from people that might help to provide better health care? | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | < .001 |
| Are you able to change health care services or programs in response to specific health problems in the community? | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | < .001 |
| Overall provider score† | 0.85 | 0.75 | 0.81 | 0.79 | < .001 |
| Proportion of scores below 0.50 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | .0026 |
| Proportion of providers indicating no activities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA |
CHC—community health centre, FFS—fee for service, FHG—family health group, FHN—family health network, HSO—health service organization, NA—not applicable.
↵* All provider respondents in FFS and HSO were family physicians. In CHCs and FHNs 74 (41% of respondents) and 1 (1% of respondents) nurse practitioners completed the survey, respectively.
↵† Overall score is the average score normalized (divided by 4).