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

Table 6 Patient-reported after-hours to care (very easy and somewhat easy) by patients’ characteristics identified in the year they have responded to the HCES

	Interprofessional Teams		HCES Respondents in Non-interprofessional Teams
	Denominator	Weighted Percentage	Denominator	Weighted Percentage
Overall patient-reported after-hours access to care	12,769	30.8	11,456	35.2
Patients characteristics
Sex
Female	7584	33.4	6765	37.0
Males	5185	30.9	4691	32.8
Missing
Age group, yr.
16–44	3703	38.9	3544	39.3
45–64	5199	30.9	4602	34.2
65+	3575	26.0	3051	31.1
Missing	292	28.5	259	33.9
New OHIP registrants (within 10 years)
Yes	346	30.4	445	40.0
NO	12,410	32.4	10,997	35.0
Missing	13	42.8	14	47.9
Income quintile
1 (low)	2038	32.3	1718	34.5
2	2427	29.6	2187	33.8
3	2655	32.1	2268	33.2
4	2777	34.7	2511	35.6
5 (high)	2849	32.4	2745	37.8
Missing	23	44.4	27	33.2
Rurality Index of Ontario
Largest Urban (0)	3700	38.3	3931	37.8
Large urban (1 to 9)	2344	41.5	4010	39.0
Small-urban (10 to 39)	4752	28.0	2699	28.6
Rural (≥40)	1852	18.4	746	23.2
Missing	121	23.4	70	24.6
Resource utilization band (RUB)
1	609	33.4	457	38.4
2	2073	35.8	1771	37.9
3	6671	30.9	6334	35.1
4	2013	32.0	1845	34.4
5	816	30.8	671	33.7
Non-user and Missing	587	39.6	378	37.7
Patients with Chronic disease
2 + Co-morbidity
No	6732	34.0	5875	36.1
Yes	6037	30.1	5581	34.2
3+ comorbidities
No	9322	33.2	8274	35.3
Yes	3447	29.4	3182	35.0
4+ comorbidities
No	10,963	32.6	9784	35.2
Yes	1806	30.2	1672	35.7
5+ comorbidities
No	11,886	32.5	10,672	35.0
Yes	883	29.8	784	38.4

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