Primary Healthcare Solo Practices: Homogeneous or Heterogeneous?

Table 2

Patients’ characteristics categories.

Variables	Categories
Age	18 to 29
	30 à 44
	45 à 64
	65 or more
Sex	Woman
	Man
Level of education	No diploma (elementary school)
	High school diploma
	College diploma (CEGEP)
	University degree
Economic situation	Very unfavorable
	Unfavorable
	Favorable
	Very favorable
Perceived; health	Poor
	Average
	Good
	Very good
	Excellent
Morbidities	No risk factor* nor chronic disease**
	One risk factor or more but no chronic disease
	One chronic disease (with or without risk factor)
	Two chronic diseases or more (with or without risk factor)

∗Risk factor includes high blood pressure, diabetes, and high level of cholesterol.
∗∗Chronic disease includes angina, infarct, arrhythmia, prior heart surgery, heart failure, pleural effusion or other heart problems, cerebrovascular disease, chronic bronchitis, emphysema or chronic obstructive lung disease, asthma, and rheumatism or arthritis.