Patient characteristics |
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Female sex, no. (%) | 56 568 (52.7) | 270 672 (52.7) | 0.1 | 1.3 |
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Age, yr, mean | 73.3 | 73.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 |
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Morbidity level, no. (%) |
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Moderate | 19 136 (17.8) | 86 812 (16.9) | 2.4 | 0.0 |
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High | 30 677 (28.6) | 143 285 (27.9) | 1.5 | 0.2 |
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Very high | 57 532 (53.6) | 283 214 (55.2) | 3.2 | 0.2 |
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Admission cost, Can$,† mean | 5656 | 5656 | 1.3 | 0.1 |
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Length of hospital stay, d, mean | 7.2 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 0.1 |
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Time since last admission, d, mean | 400 | 409 | 1.9 | 4.7 |
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Major diagnostic group, no. (%) |
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Infectious and parasitic diseases | 2184 (2.0) | 10 764 (2.1) | 0.4 | 0.0 |
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Tumours | 10 618 (9.9) | 54 298 (10.6) | 2.3 | 0.7 |
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Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | 2015 (1.9) | 10 620 (2.1) | 1.4 | 0.1 |
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Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs | 1971 (1.8) | 9341 (1.8) | 0.1 | 0.6 |
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Diseases of the nervous system | 2968 (2.8) | 13 614 (2.7) | 0.7 | 0.1 |
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Diseases of the circulatory system | 14 392 (13.4) | 81 220 (15.8) | 6.8 | 1.4 |
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Diseases of the respiratory system | 7542 (7.0) | 42 433 (8.3) | 4.7 | 0.3 |
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Diseases of the digestive system | 20 799 (19.4) | 90 639 (17.7) | 4.4 | 0.4 |
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Diseases of the respiratory system | 11 226 (10.5) | 48 033 (9.4) | 3.7 | 0.2 |
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Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | 1449 (1.3) | 7465 (1.5) | 0.9 | 0.3 |
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Diseases of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 7105 (6.6) | 32 451 (6.3) | 1.2 | 0.0 |
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Diseases of the genitourinary tract | 3312 (3.1) | 13 196 (2.6) | 3.1 | 0.5 |
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Symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions | 4240 (3.9) | 23 044 (4.5) | 2.7 | 0.7 |
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Congenital anomalies or birth defect | 3797 (3.5) | 22 848 (4.5) | 4.7 | 0.4 |
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Extraneous causes of morbidity/mortality, abnormal findings | 7014 (6.5) | 27 338 (5.3) | 5.1 | 0.4 |
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Injuries and poisoning | 5107 (4.8) | 19 749 (3.8) | 4.5 | 0.6 |
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Factors influencing health and contact with health services | 1606 (1.5) | 6258 (1.2) | 2.4 | 0.4 |
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Time since enrolment with primary care physician, yr, mean | 2.5 | 2.5 | 16.2 | 0.3 |
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Year of index admission, no. (%) |
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2002/03‡ | 9524 (8.9) | 81 184 (15.8) | 21.2 | 1.1 |
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2004 | 19 088 (17.8) | 103 224 (20.1) | 5.9 | 2.2 |
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2005 | 21 317 (19.9) | 105 660 (20.6) | 1.8 | 1.3 |
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2006 | 19 210 (17.9) | 95 528 (18.6) | 1.9 | 0.8 |
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2007 | 18 556 (17.3) | 94 428 (18.4) | 2.9 | 2.8 |
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2008/09‡ | 19 650 (18.3) | 33 287 (6.5) | 31.0 | 0.4 |
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Material deprivation quintile, % |
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1 (low) | 11 166 (10.4) | 71 791 (14.0) | 11.0 | 0.1 |
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2 | 17 142 (16.0) | 83 240 (16.2) | 0.7 | 0.2 |
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3 | 22 266 (20.7) | 99 303 (19.3) | 3.5 | 1.1 |
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4 | 25 249 (23.5) | 107 648 (21.0) | 6.1 | 0.1 |
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5 (high) | 23 418 (21.8) | 116 428 (22.7) | 2.1 | 2.1 |
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Missing | 8104 (7.5) | 34 901 (6.8) | 2.9 | 1.7 |
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Geographic region, no. (%) |
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Urban/university§ | 24 461 (22.8) | 184 971 (36.0) | 29.4 | 1.8 |
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Suburban | 45 359 (42.3) | 197 775 (38.5) | 7.6 | 0.5 |
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Intermediate | 30 301 (28.2) | 100 593 (19.6) | 20.3 | 0.4 |
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Rural | 7014 (6.5) | 28 277 (5.5) | 4.3 | 1.8 |
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Missing | 210 (0.2) | 1695 (0.3) | 2.6 | 0.3 |
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Enrolling primary care physician characteristics |
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Female sex, no. (%) | 25 339 (23.6) | 121 211 (23.6) | 7.1 | 2.0 |
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Time since graduation, yr, mean | 23.8 | 24.7 | 11.9 | 5.1 |
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No. of patients per year, mean | 2104 | 1857 | 23.4 | 0.6 |
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% of physicians with proportion of income from acute care establishment ≥ 80% | 2.0 | 0.0 | 15.7 | 1.1 |