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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients admitted Lakeridge Health Oshawa, April 2003 to March 2010

From: Does implementation of a hospitalist program in a Canadian community hospital improve measures of quality of care and utilization? an observational comparative analysis of hospitalists vs. traditional care providers

 

April 2003 – March 2006

April 2006 to March 2008

April 2008 to March 2010

Total N = 14 993

Total N = 9521

Total N = 10010

n (% of Total N)

Traditional-FP

2190 (14.7%)

429 (4.5%)

292 (2.9%)

FP-Hospitalist

6044 (40.3%)

5164 (54.2%)

5267 (52.6%)

GIM-Hospitalist

42 (0.3%)

498 (5.2%)

1595 (15.9%)

other IM

6717 (44.8%)

3430 (36.0%)

2856 (28.5%)

n female (% of cases within provider group)

Traditional-FP

1241 (56.7%)

238 (55.5%)

135 (46.2%)

FP-Hospitalist

3302 (54.6%)

2825 (54.7%)

2843 (54.0%)

GIM-Hospitalist

20 (47.6%)

274 (55.0%)

814 (51.0%)

Other IM

3101 (46.2%)

1541 (44.9%)

1198 (41.9%)

Mean age in years (SD)

Traditional-FP

68.09 (19.23)

69.28 (17.95)

69.44 (15.53)

FP-Hospitalist

68.54 (17.28)

69.98 (16.83)

69.89 (16.97)

GIM-Hospitalist

64.95 (18.54)

66.24 (19.37)

68.84 (17.54)

Other IM

63.51 (16.83)

63.01 (16.69)

62.84 (16.44)

n Charlson score ≥ 3 (% of cases within provider group)

Traditional-FP

583 (26.6%)

173 (40.3%)

116 (39.7%)

FP-Hospitalist

2052 (34.0%)

2448 (47.4%)

2656 (50.4%)

GIM-Hospitalist

10 (23.8%)

194 (39.0%)

644 (40.4%)

Other IM

1389 (20.7%)

941 (27.4%)

868 (30.4%)

n Interventions (SD)

Traditional-FP

0.51 (1.00)

0.51 (0.94)

0.61 (1.07)

FP-Hospitalist

0.63 (1.10)

0.76 (1.22)

0.83 (1.25)

GIM-Hospitalist

0.17 (0.66)

0.44 (0.86)

0.57(1.07)

Other IM

0.54 (0.85)

0.69 (1.00)

0.84 (1.07)

  1. Legend: FP = family physician, GIM = general internal medicine, IM = internal medicine, SD = standard deviation.