An Algorithm Using Administrative Data to Identify Patient Attachment to a Family Physician
Table 4
Characteristics of patients according to their type of attachment to a family physician. Health services users aged 20 years and over (), 2008–2010.
Types of patient attachment (over a two-year period)
All patients
Sex
Age group
Chronic diseases
Morbidity level
Female
Male
20–44
45–59
60–74
75 or over
Diabetes
Low
Moderate
High
(n = 687,680)
(n = 560,569)
(n = 547,257)
(n = 343,368)
(n = 225,610)
(n = 132,014)
(n = 116,657)
(n = 461,851)
(n = 513,623)
(n = 111,324)
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
FMG enrolment
7.2
8.0
6.2
6.3
8.1
7.9
7.7
8.1
6.8
7.8
8.0
Enrolment as vulnerable patient (but not FMG)
16.2
17.7
14.4
2.9
9.5
26.7
71.2
48.4
7.4
23.5
36.9
2 CMEs by the same FP, without enrolment
5.3
6.2
4.2
3.7
7.7
8.0
0.7
2.8
6.1
6.6
2.9
1 CME with a UPC score ≥75% to the CME FP, without enrolment
8.1
7.9
8.3
7.7
10.7
8.8
1.6
4.5
9.5
7.4
4.4
1 CME, without enrolment or UPC score ≥75% to the CME FP
8.0
9.2
6.5
10.1
8.9
5.7
1.1
3.6
8.8
9.1
6.2
UPC score ≥75%, without enrolment or CME
12.7
12.3
13.2
11.1
15.6
16.6
5.2
11.8
13.0
13.6
11.0
A single visit (not for CME) to an FP, without enrolment
10.5
8.4
13.2
15.8
9.0
5.0
2.4
3.4
13.0
4.5
4.9
Patients attached to an FP
68.0
69.7
66.0
57.6
69.5
78.7
89.9
82.6
64.6
72.5
74.3
Patients not attached to an FP
31.9
30.3
33.9
42.5
30.4
21.3
10.1
17.5
35.6
27.5
25.7
Total
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
Morbidity level is defined by the RUB (Resource Utilization Band, ACG Case-Mix System), which identifies 5 categories of morbidity with similar expected health services utilization (1: healthy patients; 2: low level of utilization; 3: moderate level of utilization; 4: high level of utilization; and 5: very high level of utilization). Low level of morbidity corresponds to RUB 1 and 2; moderate level of morbidity to RUB 3; and high level of morbidity to RUB 4 and 5.
