Comparing primary care Interprofessional and non-interprofessional teams on access to care and health services utilization in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective cohort study

Table 11 Association between enrolment in an interprofessional team-based model and timely access, after-hours access to care, walk-in clinic use and emergency department visits in the year responded to the survey

	Timely access to care Reference: non-interprofessional teams
	OR	95% CI		P-Value
Unadjusted (null model)	1.03	0.91	1.15	0.6764
†Adjusted for:
Physician group characteristics	1.01	0.90	1.13	0.8397
Group and physicians’ characteristics	1.02	0.92	1.14	0.7041
Physician group, physician and patients	1.12	1.00	1.24	0.0436*
	After-hours care at the year responded to the survey Reference: non-interprofessional teams
	OR	95% CI		P-Value
Unadjusted (null model)	0.87	0.79	0.96	0.0068*
†Adjusted for:
Physician group characteristics	0.81	0.73	0.89	< 0.0001*
Group and physicians’ characteristics	0.81	0.73	0.90	< 0.0001*
Physician group, physician and patients	1.01	0.91	1.12	0.8251
	Walk-in clinic visits at the year responded to the survey Reference: non-interprofessional teams
	OR	95% CI		P-Value
Unadjusted (null model)	0.63	0.57	0.69	< 0.001*
†Adjusted for:
Physician group characteristics	0.67	0.60	0.74	< 0.001*
Group and physicians’ characteristics	0.68	0.61	0.76	< 0.001*
Physician group, physician and patients	0.84	0.75	0.94	0.0019*
	Emergency department uses at the year responded to the survey Reference: non-interprofessional teams
	OR	95% CI		P-Value
Unadjusted (null model)	1.17	1.08	1.28	< 0.0002*
†Adjusted for:
Physician group characteristics	1.20	1.10	1.31	< 0.001*
Group and physicians’ characteristics	1.20	1.10	1.30	< 0.001*
Physician group, physician and patients	1.05	0.95	1.15	0.3234

*p-value significant < 0.05
† Adjustment used physician groups and physicians’ characteristics identified on March 31st, 2015 and patients’ characteristics at the year they have responded to the HCES

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