Table 3

Mean Quality Indicators for Each Model of Care Delivery and Family Physician Level of HIV Experience

Model of Care Delivery and Family Physician HIV ExperienceColorectal Cancer Screening % (95% CI)Cervical Cancer Screening % (95% CI)Breast Cancer Screening % (95% CI)Any ED Visit % (95% CI)Any Hospital Admission % (95% CI)
Exclusively primary care
 ≤5 HIV patients39 (32–47)56 (50–62)66 (56–77)33 (30–35)7 (6–9)
 6–49 HIV patients34 (25–43)41 (32–50)61 (44–79)32 (28–36)9 (7–11)
 ≥50 HIV patients43 (36–50)54 (45–63)49 (22–68)29 (27–32)6 (5–7)
Family physician–dominant comanagement
 ≤5 HIV patients44 (14–75)59 (27–91)37 (0–90)26 (13–39)18 (7–28)
 6–49 HIV patients43 (22–63)26 (4–49)35 (0–81)31 (22–39)13 (7–19)
 ≥50 HIV patients49 (40–58)48 (36–59)79 (60–97)32 (28–35)13 (11–15)
Specialist-dominant comanagement
 ≤5 HIV patients30 (25–35)47 (42–52)46 (35–56)33 (30–35)10 (9–11)
 6–49 HIV patients25 (19–31)39 (33–46)61 (47–76)34 (31–37)9 (7–11)
 ≥50 HIV patients40 (31–49)49 (35–57)31 (7–56)32 (28–35)10 (8–12)
  • HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; ED = emergency department.

  • Note: Analyses are adjusted for patient age, sex, income quintile, rurality, immigrant status, aggregated diagnosis group category, presence of a mental health condition, and experience category of the family physician, and account for clustering by family physician.