Research Article
Care for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in a Random Sample of Community Family Practices in Ontario, Canada
Table 2
Physician characteristics reported in summary.
| | Characteristic () | Value (median; SD) | Range |
| | Female gender () | 26% | | | Years since graduation | 17.4 (17.0, 8.6) | 4–30 | | Recent graduate (<5 years) () | 12% | | | Certificant of CFPC () | 88% | | | Canadian medical graduate () | 82% | | | Local medical graduate (McMaster) () | 41% | | | Foreign medical graduate | 18% () | | | How many years in practice (self-reported)? () | 10.9 (10; 8.21) | 0.5–24.0 | | Approx. how many pts. do you have in your practice (self-reported)? () | 1472 (1500, 601) | 700–2500 | | About how many of your pts. are 40 yrs or older (self-reported)? () | 785 (600; 417) | 420–1500 | | Estimate what % of your pts. 40+ have been diagnosed with diabetes (self-reported) () | 11.4 (8.5; 10.5) | 2–30 |
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