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Table 1 Comparison of Patient Characteristics and Costs between FFS and each other Primary Care Model

From: Costs of health care across primary care models in Ontario

Variable

Total

FFS (reference)

Not enrolled

CCM

FHG

FHN

FHO

FHT-FHN

FHT-FHO

N

1,133,645

90,112

96,945

37,554

345,783

5691

338,345

25,767

193,448

Mean patient age (sd)

39.8 (22.3)

33.7

(23.7)

35.9*** (21.9)

41.7*** (21.6)

39.9*** (21.6)

42.4*** (23.2)

41.5*** (22.3)

40.4*** (23.0)

41.0*** (22.6)

% Female

52.7

50.9

50.6

52.4***

53.5***

52.9**

52.7***

53.0***

53.3***

Mean ACG® weight (sd)

0.521 (0.711)

0.575 (0.835)

0.513*** (0.716)

0.550*** (0.709)

0.546*** (0.703)

0.523*** (0.767)

0.504*** (0.691)

0.480*** (0.690)

0.486*** (0.690)

Mean RIO (sd)

8.0 (14.6)

5.0 (12.8)

6.5*** (13.5)

8.7*** (16.3)

3.5*** (8.0)

34.0*** (16.9)

8.6*** (14.3)

37.6*** (25.9)

11.9*** (16.2)

% Income quint 1

18.1

22.3

21.2***

20.9***

18.3***

15.4***

16.1***

18.9***

17.0***

% Income quint 2

19.3

20.7

19.6***

22.4***

19.8***

17.6***

18.3***

20.6

18.9***

% Income quint 3

20.2

19.2

20.0***

20.7***

21.1***

19.9

19.5

18.8

20.2***

% Income quint 4

21.7

19.8

20.3**

20.0

22.0***

23.3***

22.2*

20.3

22.0***

% Income quint 5

20.4

17.5

18.5***

15.6***

18.5***

23.6***

23.6***

20.5***

21.5***

Mean Hospital Costs: SDS, inpatient, cancer, ED, dialysis (sd)

$765

(4895)

$873

(5765)

$825

(5312)

$791*

(5660)

$676***

(4544)

$989

(4595)

$770***

(4772)

$906

(4796)

$802**

(4908)

Mean Physician costs (sd): OHIP billings, shadow billings, capitation

$690

(1228)

$716

(1374)

$672***

(1286)

$676***

(1197)

$687***

(1222)

$664***

(1092)

$706*

(1239)

$608***

(1045)

$679***

(1143)

Mean Long Term Episodes Costs (sd): CCC, LTC, OMHRS

$163

(2552)

$177

(2670)

$303***

(3524)

$271***

(4540)

$228***

(3739)

$174

(2599)

$154***

(2464)

$207

(2901)

$159*

(2523)

ODB Cost (sd)

$318

(2065)

$319

(1737)

$324

(4180)

$332

(1400)

$300**

(1730)

$389**

(1804)

$320

(1570)

$361**

(1840)

$333

(2057)

NRS Cost (sd)

$34 (1059)

$33 (1006)

$32 (1040)

$27 (820)

$30 (924)

$43 (1378)

$38 (1196)

$29 (1462)

$35 (1030)

HC cost (sd)

$119

(1389)

$147 (1890)

$127* (1446)

$105***

(1211)

$103*** (1369)

$141

(1236)

$119***

(1253)

$137 (1338)

$132* (1390)

Lab costs (sd)

$66 (109)

$66 (112)

$67 (112)

$74*** (112)

$75*** (116)

$43*** (87)

$63*** (105)

$48*** (97)

$58*** (102)

Non MD costs (sd)

$22 (133)

$22 (140)

$25*** (161)

$21 (122)

$20*** (124)

$27* (151)

$23 (134)

$24* (128)

$23 (132)

Mean Total health system costs (sd)

$2300

(8848)

$2531

(10,015)

$2608

(11,175)

$2297***

(9441)

$2119***

(8100)

$2612

(8665)

$2304***

(8524)

$2427

(8684)

$2334***

(8685)

Mean Primary Care costs (sd)

$288 (416)

$274 (605)

$268* (532)

$269 (372)

$278 (426)

$305*** (378)

$307*** (349)

$297*** (377)

$293*** (333)

  1. ACG® Adjusted Clinical Group, CCC Complex Continuing Care, CCM Comprehensive Care model, ED Emergency Department, FFS Fee-For-Service, FHG Family Health Group, FHT Family Health Team, FHN Family Health Network, FHO Family Health Organization, HC Home Care, LTC Long Term Care, NRS National Rehabilitation Reporting System, ODB Ontario Drub Database, OHIP Ontario Health Insurance Plan, OMHRS Ontario Mental Health Reporting System, RIO Rurality Index of Ontario, SDS same-day surgery
  2. Significantly different from FFS at: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001