Patient, Physician, and Practice Characteristics Across Panel Size Ranges
| Characteristic | Panel Size | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 1,200–1,799 | 1,800–2,399 | 2,400–2,999 | 3,000–3,599 | 3,600+ | |
| Physician profile | ||||||
| Physicians, No. | 4,195 | 2,028 | 1,351 | 526 | 168 | 122 |
| Age, median (IQR), y | 53 (46–59) | 51 (44–58) | 54 (47–60) | 55 (47–60) | 54 (47–58) | 52 (46–58) |
| Male, mean % | 68.9 | 59.9 | 74.7 | 81.7 | 76.8 | 89.3 |
| Foreign trained, mean % | 26.9 | 22.7 | 27.4 | 34.2 | 41.1 | 39.3 |
| Time since graduation, median (IQR), y | 27 (20–34) | 25 (18–33) | 28 (21–35) | 28 (22–35) | 28 (21–33) | 25 (19–33) |
| Practice group size, median (IQR), No. | 16 (7–30) | 15 (7–30) | 16 (7–29) | 18 (7–31) | 17 (7–36) | 18 (5–54) |
| Rurality: RIO index, median (IQR) | 2 (0–8) | 2 (0–10) | 2 (0–8) | 2 (0–6) | 2 (0–8) | 0 (0–3) |
| Rurality categories, % | ||||||
| Major urban (RIO <10) | 76.6 | 74.0 | 77.3 | 81.2 | 79.1 | 89.1 |
| Minor urban (RIO 10–45) | 20.4 | 21.8 | 20.2 | 17.4 | 20.9 | 10.9 |
| Rural (RIO >45) | 3.0 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Patient profile | ||||||
| Patients, No. | 8,265,930 | 3,014,806 | 2,792,387 | 1,399,485 | 547,305 | 511,947 |
| Proportion virtually rostered, % | 12.7 | 13.6 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 |
| Age, median (IQR) | 41 (21–56) | 41 (22–57) | 41 (21–57) | 40 (21–56) | 38 (20–54) | 37 (20–52) |
| 0 to18 y, % | 21.5 | 21 | 21.1 | 21.7 | 23 | 23.5 |
| 19 to <65 y, % | 63.9 | 63.4 | 63.7 | 64.3 | 64.9 | 65.9 |
| ≥65 y, % | 14.6 | 15.7 | 15.2 | 14.1 | 12.1 | 10.6 |
| Male, % | 48.3 | 46.4 | 49.0 | 49.6 | 49.1 | 50.6 |
| Recent immigrants, % | 10.5 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 11.3 | 15.8 | 25.0 |
| Rurality: RIO index, median (IQR) | 2 (0–11) | 2 (0–14) | 2 (0–11) | 2 (0–8) | 2 (0–8) | 0 (0–5) |
| Rurality categories, % | ||||||
| Major urban (RIO <10) | 73.5 | 70.5 | 72.9 | 76.0 | 76.6 | 84.0 |
| Minor urban (RIO 10–45) | 23.1 | 24.6 | 23.9 | 22.0 | 22.4 | 14.7 |
| Rural (RIO >45) | 3.4 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| Socioeconomic profile by income quintile (%) | ||||||
| First (lowest) | 18.0 | 16.6 | 17.3 | 18.7 | 22.0 | 24.3 |
| Second | 19.6 | 18.6 | 19.4 | 20.4 | 21.1 | 23.0 |
| Third | 20.5 | 19.9 | 20.6 | 21.3 | 20.9 | 21.3 |
| Fourth | 21.6 | 22.4 | 21.8 | 21.0 | 19.8 | 18.4 |
| Fifth (highest) | 20.3 | 22.5 | 20.9 | 18.6 | 16.2 | 13.0 |
| Case mix:a Resource Utilization Bands (%) | ||||||
| 0 (lowest) | 13.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 13.4 |
| 1 | 10.8 | 10.5 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.2 |
| 2 | 27.2 | 27.0 | 27.4 | 27.1 | 27.8 | 27.4 |
| 3 | 40.7 | 41.2 | 40.2 | 40.7 | 40.4 | 40.5 |
| 4 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| 5 (highest) | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
IQR = interquartile range; RIO = Rurality Index of Ontario.
↵a The Resource Utilization Bands provide a measure of the health care resource requirements for individuals. The percentage distribution of patients across the 5 Resource Utilization Bands provides a measure of case mix for the population.