Physician characteristics |
Sex, male, no. (%) | 355 (38.1) | 157 (65.7) | 108 (43.0) | 1344 (70.7) |
κ* | 0.677 (0.651–0.704) |
No. of years since graduation, mean ± SD | 20.3 (13.8) | 20.8 (12.0) | | 22.5 (11.5) |
International medical graduate, no. (%) | 164 (17.6) | 36 (15.1) | 47 (18.7) | 747 (39.4) |
Service days |
No. of service days with ≥ 10 patients, mean ± SD | 70.0 (39.9) | 110.8 (25.3) | 166.6 (22.6) | 206.5 (38.0) |
No. of service days with ≥ 20 patients, mean ± SD | 30.9 (29.5) | 82.8 (33.6) | 67.99 (42.1) | 166.3 (56.7) |
No. of service days with ≥ 1 patient, mean ± SD | 107.2 (56.3) | 148.2 (38.0) | 189.0 (28.8) | 227.8 (40.5) |
No. of service days per week with ≥ 10 patients, mean | 1.5 | 2.41 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
No. of service days per week with ≥ 1 patient, mean | 2.3 | 3.22 | 4.1 | 5.0 |
No. of service days with < 10 patients, mean ± SD | 37.20 (45.8) | 37.37 (47.3) | 22.45 (20.5) | 21.27 (23.4) |
No. of weekend service days with ≥ 10 patients, mean ± SD | 8.08 (10.2) | 24.07 (14.5) | 8.63 (12.6) | 22.42 (20.2) |
No. of weekend service days with ≥ 20 patients, mean ± SD | 5.54 (8.7) | 21.05 (14.3) | 4.90 (9.5) | 17.65 (18.9) |
Gross annual gross revenue, $, median (IQR) | 122 716 (72 135–165 991) | 300 327 (254 836–348 294) | 201 834 (180 156–218 511) | 400 516 (318 280–524 322) |
Panel characteristics and patient volume |
Panel size, no. of patients, mean ± SD | 295.9 (212.0) | 527.3 (351.0) | 760.1 (226.3) | 1257.8 (674.3) |
Percentage of claims from panel,† mean ± SD | 47.1 (24.8) | 38.0 (22.4) | 72.0 (19.8) | 69.1 (21.5) |
Average patient volume,‡ mean ± SD | 16.7 (7.9) | 26.8 (14.7) | 17.8 (3.9) | 29.3 (11.4) |
Practice location by zone,§ no. (%) |
Zone 1 | 56 (6.0) | 11 (4.6) | 13 (5.2) | 158 (8.3) |
Zone 2 | 408 (43.8) | 87 (36.4) | 105 (41.8) | 680 (35.8) |
Zone 3 | 83 (8.9) | 23 (9.6) | 14 (5.6) | 256 (13.5) |
Zone 4 | 278 (29.9) | 87 (36.4) | 104 (41.4) | 623 (32.8) |
Zone 5 | 67 (7.2) | 31 (13.0) | 14 (5.6) | 176 (9.3) |
Unknown zone | 39 (4.2) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.4) | 7 (0.4) |
Practice location by urban–rural continuum,§ no. (%) |
Urban | 72 (7.7) | 29 (12.1) | 19 (7.6) | 223 (11.7) |
Metro | 572 (61.4) | 132 (55.2) | 163 (64.9) | 964 (50.7) |
Moderate metro influence | 72 (7.7) | 27 (11.3) | 39 (15.5) | 262 (13.8) |
Moderate urban influence | 4 (0.4) | 2 (0.8) | 3 (1.2) | 21 (1.1) |
Rural | 126 (13.5) | 39 (16.3) | 16 (6.4) | 301 (15.8) |
Rural centre area | 30 (3.2) | 6 (2.5) | 6 (2.4) | 85 (4.5) |
Rural remote | 16 (1.7) | 4 (1.7) | 4 (1.6) | 37 (1.9) |
Unknown | 39 (4.2) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.4) | 7 (0.4) |