Table 1.

Participant characteristics: N = 60.

CHARACTERISTICN
Remuneration model
  • Fee-for-service30
  • Alternate-funded27*
  • Representative of provincial organization3
Region
  • Winnipeg46†
  • Southern6
  • Prairie Mountain4
  • Interlake-Eastern3
  • Northern1
Urban or rural practice, population of centre
  • > 100 00046†
  • 10 000–100 0004
  • < 10 00010
Sex
  • Male36
  • Female24
Years in practice
  • < 511
  • 5–912
  • 10–204
  • > 2029
  • Not stated4

  • ↵* Includes 1 physician working in both models.

  • ↵† Includes 3 representatives of provincial organizations and 1 Winnipeg-based physician providing service to remote northern communities.