“There’s nothing like a good crisis for innovation”: a qualitative study of family physicians’ experiences with virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic

Table 1 Participant characteristics [n (%)]

	British Columbia n = 15	Newfoundland & Labrador n = 12	Nova Scotia n = 21	Ontario n = 20	TOTAL n = 68
Gender ^a
Men Women	4 (36.4) 11 (63.6)	4 (33.3) 8 (66.7)	9 (42.9) 12 (57.1)	10 (50) 10 (50)	27 (39.7) 41 (60.3)
Core Remuneration Type
Fee-for-Service Alternative Payment Plan^b	6 (40) 9 (60)	5 (41.7) 7 (58.3)	7 (33.3) 14 (66.7)	4 (20) 16 (80)	22 (32.4) 46 (67.6)
Hospital Privileges
No Yes	3 (20) 12 (80)	5 (41.7) 7 (58.3)	6 (28.6) 15 (71.4)	5 (25) 15 (75)	19 (27.9) 49 (72.1)
Community Size ^c
Rural Small Urban Urban Mix^d	0 (0) 0 (0) 15 (100) 0 (0)	3 (25) 0 (0) 8 (66.7) 1 (8.3)	8 (38.1) 0 (0) 13 (61.9) 0 (0)	9 (45) 1 (5) 8 (40) 2 (10)	20 (29.4) 1 (1.5) 44 (64.7) 3 (4.4)
Years in practice (mean)	16.9	16.3	15.4	18.7	16.9

^a Gender was asked as an open-ended question
^b Alternate payment includes all non-fee for service or enhanced fee for service payment types as core remuneration
^c Rural ≤ 10,000 population, Small urban = 10,000–99,999 population, Urban ≥ 100,0000
^d Mix indicates FPs who practice in multiple communities of different size (rural, small urban, urban)

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