Table 1.

Primary care practices that participated in the INTEGRATE Project

PRACTICE NAME AND MODEL*REGION OF ONTARIOPRACTICE CHARACTERISTICS
Petawawa Centennial Family Health TeamChamplain
  • Rural

  • 8 family physicians and various other professionals, including nurse practitioners, nurses, a pharmacist, a social worker, and a dietitian

  • Roster of about 6300 patients

Sunnybrook Academic Family Health TeamToronto Central North
  • Urban

  • Academic

  • 13 family physicians and various other professionals, including nurses, social workers, dietitians, diabetes nurse educators, an occupational therapist, a pharmacist, and a nurse navigator

  • Roster of about 9300 patients

Forest Hill Family Health GroupToronto Central South
  • Urban

  • 10 family physicians and various other professionals, including nurses, a social worker, a child psychologist, a speech pathologist, a nephrologist, an endocrinologist, physiotherapists, and chiropractors

  • Roster of about 10 000 patients

Barrie and Community Family Health TeamNorth Simcoe Muskoka
  • Rural

  • 84 family physicians in teams of 2 to 4 across 35 sites

  • Roster of about 131 000 patients

  • * A family health team is an interprofessional team of health care providers—family physicians, nutritionists, social workers, and other professionals—who provide comprehensive care to patients enrolled within the family health team. Physicians are paid through blended capitation or blended salary. A family health group is a group of 3 or more family physicians who work together but not necessarily in the same office. Patients are typically enrolled under the care of 1 doctor. Physicians are paid through fee for service.