| Group; no. (%) of physicians or mean ± SD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | EMRALD FPs n = 183 | All other GP/FPs n = 11 385 | p values |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 85 (46.4) | 6833 (60.0) | 0.008 |
| Female | 98 (53.6) | 4552 (40.0) | 0.007 |
| Age group, yr | |||
| < 35 | 35 (19.1) | 1094 (9.6) | 0.08 |
| 35−44 | 63 (34.4) | 2617 (23.0) | 0.04 |
| 45−54 | 38 (20.8) | 3312 (29.1) | 0.4 |
| ≥ 55 | 47 (25.7) | 4362 (38.3) | 0.1 |
| Age, yr, mean ± SD | 44.9 ± 10.8 | 50.6 ± 11.8 | < 0.001 |
| Location of medical training | |||
| Canada | 157 (86.6) | 8731 (76.7) | 0.005 |
| Elsewhere | 16 (8.3) | 2647 (23.2) | 0.2 |
| Missing data | 10 (5.1) | 7 (0.1) | – |
| No. of years in practice, mean ± SD | 14.0 ± 9.7 | 17.0 ± 9.3 | < 0.001 |
| Rurality | |||
| Rural | 35 (19.1) | 850 (7.5) | 0.02 |
| Suburban | 40 (21.9) | 1871 (16.4) | 0.4 |
| Urban | 108 (59.0) | 8664 (76.1) | < 0.001 |
| % billing more than 25% of patient visits in an emergency department | 15.3 | 13.7 | 0.4 |
| Full-time affiliation with a patient enrolment model group on Mar. 31, 2011 | 173 (94.5) | 6866 (60.3) | < 0.001 |
Note: EMRALD = Electronic Medical Record Administrative Data Linked Database, SD = standard deviation. *Family physicians who started using EMR software and were contributing data to this database at the time of the study.