Characteristics of physicians providing psychotherapy in Ontario, 2015/16
| Characteristic | No. (%) of physicians* | SDiff† | No. (%) of physicians* | SDiff† | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCP psychotherapists n = 404 | PCP nonpsychotherapists n = 12 368 | Psychiatrist psychotherapist n = 586 | Psychiatrist nonpsychotherapist n = 1564 | |||
| Female sex | 206 (51.0) | 5712 (46.2) | 0.10 | 239 (40.8) | 659 (42.1) | 0.03 |
| Age category, yr | ||||||
| < 30 | 0 (0.0) | 136 (1.1) | 0.15 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | – |
| 30–39 | 24 (5.9) | 2173 (17.6) | 0.37 | 16 (2.7) | 208 (13.3) | 0.40 |
| 40–49 | 47 (11.6) | 2628 (21.2) | 0.26 | 49 (8.4) | 386 (24.7) | 0.45 |
| 50–59 | 121 (30.0) | 3038 (24.6) | 0.12 | 146 (24.9) | 372 (23.8) | 0.03 |
| ≥ 60 | 204 (50.5) | 2992 (24.2) | 0.57 | 367 (62.6) | 443 (28.3) | 0.73 |
| Missing | 8 (2.0) | 1401 (11.3) | 0.38 | 8 (1.4) | 155 (9.9) | 0.38 |
| Age, yr, mean ± SD | 59.8 ± 11.5 | 51.2 ± 12.3 | 0.73 | 63.0 ± 11.0 | 52.9 ± 11.8 | 0.88 |
| Full-time | 218 (54.0) | 8721 (70.5) | 0.35 | 417 (71.2) | 1088 (69.6) | 0.03 |
| Medical school | ||||||
| University of Toronto | 115 (28.5) | 2615 (21.1) | 0.17 | 148 (25.3) | 185 (11.8) | 0.35 |
| University of Ottawa | 34 (8.4) | 914 (7.4) | 0.04 | 23 (3.9) | 82 (5.2) | 0.06 |
| Queen’s University | 25 (6.2) | 656 (5.3) | 0.04 | 17 (2.9) | 82 (5.2) | 0.12 |
| McMaster University | 65 (16.1) | 1104 (8.9) | 0.22 | 47 (8.0) | 145 (9.3) | 0.04 |
| Western University | 38 (9.4) | 1140 (9.2) | 0.01 | 31 (5.3) | 76 (4.9) | 0.02 |
| Northern Ontario | 0 (0.0) | 74 (0.6) | 0.11 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | – |
| Other Canadian | 60 (14.8) | 1433 (11.6) | 0.10 | 138 (23.5) | 251 (16.0) | 0.19 |
| Non-Canadian | 67 (16.6) | 4432 (35.8) | 0.45 | 182 (31.1) | 743 (47.5) | 0.34 |
| LHIN region of practice‡ | ||||||
| High supply | 178 (44.1) | 2951 (23.9) | 0.44 | 401 (68.4) | 632 (40.4) | 0.59 |
| Medium supply | 77 (19.1) | 2515 (20.3) | 0.03 | 63 (10.8) | 363 (23.2) | 0.34 |
| Low supply | 149 (36.9) | 6901 (55.8) | 0.39 | 122 (20.8) | 569 (36.4) | 0.35 |
| Missing | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | – | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | – |
Note: LHIN = Local Health Integration Network, PCP = primary care physician, SD = standard deviation, SDiff = standardized difference.
↵* Except where noted otherwise.
↵† A standardized difference of greater than 0.1 is considered clinically significant. (12)
↵‡ Based on whether the per capita supply of psychiatrists is much higher than the provincial average (high supply), at or near the provincial average (medium supply), or below the provincial average (low supply). (9)