Demographic characteristics, comorbidities and use of health care services among the general population, patients enrolled and patients eligible but not enrolled within the first 2 years before program implementation in British Columbia
| Variable | No. (%) of people* | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population aged ≥ 40 yr† n = 1 953 390 | Chronic disease incentive | Complex care incentive | A GP for Me | |||||||
| Enrolled n = 60 764 | Not enrolled n = 72 825 | Standardized difference | Enrolled n = 28 273 | Not enrolled n = 19 346 | Standardized difference | Enrolled n = 1 066 714 | Not enrolled n = 282 714 | Standardized difference | ||
| Age group, yr | 0.11 | 0.40 | 0.16 | |||||||
| 40–49 | 636 535 (32.6) | 6693 (11.0) | 9037 (12.4) | 790 (2.8) | 1477 (7.6) | 221 202 (20.7) | 72 390 (25.6) | |||
| 50–59 | 584 379 (29.9) | 14 342 (23.6) | 17 356 (23.8) | 3222 (11.4) | 3584 (18.5) | 290 914 (27.3) | 82 109 (29.0) | |||
| 60–69 | 376 210 (19.3) | 17 488 (28.8) | 19 244 (26.4) | 7089 (25.1) | 5409 (28.0) | 276 542 (25.9) | 68 406 (24.2) | |||
| 70–79 | 235 635 (12.1) | 16 023 (26.4) | 18 116 (24.9) | 10 160 (35.9) | 5745 (29.7) | 179 607 (16.8) | 40 170 (14.2) | |||
| ≥ 80 | 120 631 (6.2) | 6218 (10.2) | 9072 (12.5) | 7012 (24.8) | 3131 (16.2) | 98 449 (9.2) | 19 639 (6.9) | |||
| Female gender | 1 011 075 (51.8) | 27 454 (45.2) | 33 362 (45.8) | 11 455 (40.5) | 8393 (43.4) | −0.06 | 613 937 (57.6) | 152 978 (54.1) | 0.07 | |
| No. of ECI categories, mean ± SD | 0.88 ± 1.08 | 2.13 ± 1.25 | 2.15 ± 1.38 | −0.02 | 3.25 ± 1.66 | 2.89 ± 1.62 | 0.22 | 1.39 ± 1.26 | 1.27 ± 1.21 | 0.09 |
| Neighbourhood income quintile | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.20 | |||||||
| Q1 (lowest) | 368 926 (18.9) | 13 952 (23.0) | 17 393 (23.9) | 6793 (24.0) | 4850 (25.1) | 195 711 (18.3) | 65 901 (23.3) | |||
| Q2 | 374 503 (19.2) | 12 654 (20.8) | 15 257 (21.0) | 6193 (21.9) | 4293 (22.2) | 205 854 (19.3) | 63 655 (22.5) | |||
| Q3 | 387 101 (19.8) | 11 788 (19.4) | 13 716 (18.8) | 5488 (19.4) | 3749 (19.4) | 212 035 (19.9) | 54 539 (19.3) | |||
| Q4 | 391 346 (20.0) | 10 632 (17.5) | 12 109 (16.6) | 4977 (17.6) | 3352 (17.3) | 219 252 (20.6) | 49 942 (17.7) | |||
| Q5 (highest) | 402 447 (20.6) | 9732 (16.0) | 11 674 (16.0) | 4553 (16.1) | 2848 (14.7) | 224 937 (21.1) | 46 028 (16.3) | |||
| Missing | 29 067 (1.5) | 2006 (3.3) | 2676 (3.7) | 269 (1.0) | 254 (1.3) | 8925 (0.8) | 2649 (0.9) | |||
| Income assistance‡ | 66 911 (3.4) | 4054 (6.7) | 4873 (6.7) | 0.00 | 2038 (7.2) | 1707 (8.8) | −0.06 | 52 147 (4.9) | 18 278 (6.5) | −0.07 |
| Residence | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.42 | |||||||
| Metropolitan | 1 275 866 (65.3) | 37 301 (61.4) | 45 415 (62.4) | 17 807 (63.0) | 12 285 (63.5) | 670 582 (62.9) | 228 827 (80.9) | |||
| Smaller urban | 449 767 (23.0) | 17 308 (28.5) | 18 109 (24.9) | 7830 (27.7) | 4196 (21.7) | 278 942 (26.1) | 33 312 (11.8) | |||
| Rural/remote | 221 884 (11.4) | 6049 (10.0) | 9161 (12.6) | 2630 (9.3) | 2858 (14.8) | 116 952 (11.0) | 20 501 (7.3) | |||
| Missing | 5873 (0.3) | 106 (0.2) | 140 (0.2) | 6 (0.0) | 7 (0.0) | 238 (0.0) | 74 (0.0) | |||
| Use of health care services | ||||||||||
| Mental illness | 179 352 (9.2) | 5846 (9.6) | 7382 (10.1) | −0.02 | 3379 (12.0) | 2588 (13.4) | −0.04 | 143 376 (13.4) | 33 874 (12.0) | 0.04 |
| Substance use disorder | 23 538 (1.2) | 582 (1.0) | 1029 (1.5) | −0.04 | 551 (1.9) | 597 (3.1) | −0.07 | 18 671 (1.8) | 8077 (2.9) | −0.07 |
| No. of primary care visits, mean ± SD | 5.58 ± 7.02 | 10.09 ± 7.91 | 9.97 ± 8.58 | 0.01 | 14.34 ± 10.17 | 12.69 ± 10.40 | 0.16 | 7.45 ± 6.48 | 7.78 ± 8.11 | −0.06 |
| No. of emergency department visits, mean ± SD | 0.28 ± 1.06 | 0.43 ± 1.30 | 0.52 ± 1.34 | −0.07 | 1.26 ± 2.32 | 1.33 ± 2.59 | −0.03 | 0.48 ± 1.36 | 0.46 ± 1.43 | 0.02 |
| Proportion of visits with usual care provider, mean ± SD | 0.80 ± 0.22 | 0.84 ± 0.18 | 0.83 ± 0.19 | 0.05 | 0.82 ± 0.18 | 0.80 ± 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.80 ± 0.22 | 0.78 ± 0.24 | 0.09 |