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Table 2 Patients’ characteristics comparing patients in interprofessional teams, non-interprofessional teams, all multi-morbid patients and all Ontarians adults on March 31st, 2003

From: Role of Interprofessional primary care teams in preventing avoidable hospitalizations and hospital readmissions in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective cohort study

 

Multi-morbid patients in interprofessional teams

Multi-morbid patients in Non- interprofessional teams

All multi-morbid patients in Ontario

All Ontarians

Patients total

475,611

 

618,363

 

2,920,990

 

9,397,586

 

Sex No. (%)

 Males

186,729

39.3

246,882

39.9

1,240,516

42.5

4,576,936

48.7

 Female

288,882

60.7

371,481

60.1

1,680,474

57.5

4,820,650

51.3

 Missing

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Age group, yr. No. (%)

 18–44

138,965

29.2

184,059

29.8

654,813

22.4

4,863,276

51.8

 45–64

227,930

47.9

296,914

48.0

1,127,265

38.6

2,981,705

31.7

 65–84

107,821

22.7

136,227

22.0

999,353

34.2

1,389,782

14.8

 84+

895

0.2

1163

0.2

139,559

4.8

162,823

1.7

 Missing

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

New OHIP registrants (within 10 years) No. (%)

13,742

2.9

29,981

4.9

157,488

5.4

1,200,951

12.8

Income quintile, No. (%)

 1 (low)

84,198

17.7

101,739

16.5

583,685

20.0

1,799,279

19.2

 2

96,387

20.3

115,903

18.7

605,293

20.7

1,884,459

20.1

 3

95,925

20.2

125,618

20.3

588,141

20.1

1,892,274

20.1

 4

96,214

20.2

132,243

21.4

570,140

19.5

1,903,560

20.3

 5 (high)

101,596

21.4

141,926

23.0

565,536

19.4

1,888,811

20.1

 Missing

1291

0.3

934

0.2

8195

0.3

29,203

0.3

Rurality Index of Ontario, No. (%)

 Major urban (0 to 9)

257,792

54.2

475,286

76.9

2,026,660

69.4

6698,329

71.3

 Semi-urban (10 to 39)

150,810

31.7

111,986

18.1

608,960

20.9

1,852,225

19.7

 Rural (≥40)

63,866

13.4

28,970

4.7

260,936

8.9

761,861

8.1

Missing

3143

0.7

2121

0.3

24,434

0.8

85,171

0.9

Resource utilization band (RUB), No. (%)

 0 (non-user)

2157

0.5

2431

0.4

30,338

1.0

938,240

10.0

 1

2252

0.5

2595

0.4

11,227

0.4

555,466

5.9

 2

23,325

4.9

27,403

4.4

114,781

3.9

1,588,712

16.9

 3

306,213

64.4

399,620

64.6

1,691,226

57.9

4,685,817

49.9

 4

109,010

22.9

146,389

23.7

734,298

25.1

1,253,298

13.3

 5 (very high user)

32,654

6.9

39,925

6.5

339,120

11.6

376,053

4.0

 Missing

Patients with Chronic disease

 2 + Co-morbidity No. (%)

475,611

100.0

618,363

100.0

2,920,990

100.0

2,920,990

31.1

 3+ comorbidities No. (%)

194,828

41.0

257,141

41.6

1,481,098

50.7

1,481,098

15.8

 4+ comorbidities No. (%)

71,285

15.0

95,323

15.4

723,296

24.8

723,296

7.7

 5+ comorbidities No. (%)

23,824

5.0

323,368

5.2

344,685

11.8

344,685

3.7