Background
Methods
Setting
Data sources and data period
Study cohort
Physician assignment algorithm
Ambulatory care visit patterns
Visits to a primary care physician
| |
---|---|
1 Visits to the assigned PCP* | |
2 Visits to a PCP other than the assigned PCP | |
3 Visits to a PCP by patients assigned to a specialist | |
Visits to a Specialist without Referral
| |
4 Visits to a specialist by patients with an assigned PCP | |
5 Visits to the assigned specialist | |
6 Visits to another (non-assigned) specialist | |
Visits to a Specialist with Referral
| |
7 Visits with referral made by the patient’s assigned PCP | |
8 Visits with referral made by another (non-assigned) PCP | |
9 Visits with referral made by another specialist |
Results
Cohort characteristics
Number of chronic diseases | Winnipeg | Non-Winnipeg | Total number of patients | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | % | # | % | ||
Patients | Patients | Patients | Patients | ||
1
| 133,405 | 62.74 | 79,229 | 37.26 | 212,634 |
2
| 57,634 | 60.71 | 37,297 | 39.29 | 94,931 |
3
| 18,720 | 60.62 | 12,161 | 39.38 | 30,881 |
4
| 4,535 | 59.19 | 3,127 | 40.81 | 7,662 |
5
| 794 | 57.20 | 594 | 42.80 | 1,388 |
6
| 65 | 59.09 | 45 | 40.91 | 110 |
Total
| 215,153 | 61.90 | 132,453 | 38.10 | 347,606 |
Visit rates and patterns
Winnipeg | Non-Winnipeg | |
---|---|---|
Number of Patients in Residence Area
| 215,185 | 132,421 |
Total Ambulatory Care Visits
| 4,894,455 | 2,767,956 |
Average Visits per Patient
| 22.74 | 20.90 |
Total Visits to Primary Care Physicians
| 3,632,747 | 2,350,554 |
Average Visits to Primary Care Physicians per Patient
| 16.88 | 17.75 |
Total Visits to Specialists
| 1,261,708 | 417,402 |
Average Visits to Specialists per Patient
| 5.86 | 3.15 |
Visit category | Winnipeg | Non-Winnipeg |
---|---|---|
Visits to Assigned PCP
|
52.55
|
58.29
|
Visits to Another PCP
|
17.31
|
23.10
|
Visits to a Specialist by Referral
|
13.34
|
7.99
|
By Assigned PCP | 6.15 | 1.87 |
By Another PCP | 4.81 | 4.19 |
By Specialist | 2.38 | 1.93 |
Visits to a Specialist without Referral
|
13.40
|
7.82
|
Assigned Physician is a PCP | 3.51 | 1.48 |
Assigned Physician is the Specialist visited | 8.33 | 4.97 |
Assigned Physician is another Specialist | 1.56 | 1.37 |