An Algorithm Using Administrative Data to Identify Patient Attachment to a Family Physician

Table 1

Characteristics of nonattached patients in a two-year period, among overall population. Health services users aged 20 years and over (), 2008–2010.

Patients enrolled by different physicians in an FMG or as vulnerable patients	0.4%
Patients without any type of enrolment with more than one CME performed by different physicians	1.0%
Patients without any type of enrolment or CME, but with a UPC score between 51% and 74%	4.6%
Patients without any type of enrolment, CME, or UPC score higher than 50%, but with more than one visit to family physicians in PHC clinics	14.4%
Patients without any type of enrolment or ambulatory visits to a family physician in a PHC clinic	11.5%
Total	31.9%