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

Table 3 ACSC hospital admissions between April 1st, 2015 and February 28th, 2017 among multi-morbid adults by physician characteristics identified on March 31st, 2015

	Interprofessional Teams			Non-interprofessional teams
	Numerator	Denominator	Rate per 100	Numerator	Denominator	Rate per 100	Rate Difference (interprofessional Teams - Non-interprofessional teams)
ACSC admissions and patients totals	11,963	475,611	2.5	13,160	618,363	2.1	0.4
Physicians characteristics
Sex
Male	8183	298,763	2.7	9547	407,328	2.3	0.4
Female	3780	176,848	2.1	3613	210,599	1.7	0.4
Missing					436	0.0
Age group
< 40	2013	80,487	2.5	1098	54,012	2.0	0.5
40–64	8170	332,177	2.5	9242	445,990	2.1	0.4
> 64	1648	58,240	2.8	2730	114,424	2.4	0.4
Missing	132	4707	2.8	90	3937	2.3	0.5
Country of medical graduation Canada
Yes	9389	379,843	2.5	9459	456,855	2.1	0.4
No	2442	91,061	2.7	3611	157,571	2.3	0.4
Missing	132	4707	2.8	90	3937	2.3	0.5
Years in practice
< 5	246	9457	2.6	180	6971	2.6	0.0
5_15	2650	105,104	2.5	1464	71,094	2.1	0.4
16–25	2571	107,080	2.4	3047	144,860	2.1	0.3
> 25	6496	253,970	2.6	8460	395,002	2.1	0.5
Missing		–		9	436	2.1	−2.1

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