Research Article

Constructing Taxonomies to Identify Distinctive Forms of Primary Healthcare Organizations

Table 2

Main organizational attributes by organizational PHC model (percentage of organizations with the modality in the class).

Organizational PHC models (n = 473)Professional models Community model
(n = 55)
Single provider
(n = 174)
Contact
(n = 68)
Coordination
(n = 104)
Coordination integrated
(n = 72)

% of organizations36.8%14.4%22.0%15.2%11.6%

Vision

V2 responsibilityClientele* (83%)Individuals who present* (44%)Clientele* (88%)Population* (26%) or
Clientele (64%)
Population* (31%) or clientele (69%)
V3 organizational priorityContinuity > accessibility (84%)Accessibility > continuity* (54%)Continuity > accessibility* (89%)Continuity > accessibility* (76%)Continuity > accessibility* (95%)
V6 financial returnMore important (59%)More important* (65%)Less important (52%)More important* (67%)Less important* (93%)
V7 team workLess important* 
(91%)
More important (50%)More important* (74%)More important* (88%)More important* (75%)

Resources

R1 size of clinicsVery small* (91%)Average* (34%)
or variable
Small* (57%)Large* (47%)Large* (56%)
R3 presence of other professional or specialistNone* (40%)High* (81%)High* (69%)High* (76%)Average* (56%)
R6 information technologiesVery low* (45%)Low or very low (70%)Low or very low (62%)High* (40%)High* (49%)
R7 technical platformVery low* (78%) High* (32%) Average* (53%)High* (24%)Average* (82%)

Structure

S1 governanceProfessional private* (100%) Professional private* (100%)Professional private* (100%)Professional private* (100%)Public* (100%)
S5 MD remunerationFee for services* (100%)Fee for services* (100%)Fee for services* (100%)Fee for services* (100%)Time based* (100%)
S7 coordination of care (intraorganizational)None* (93%)Informal* (52%)Informal* (58%)Formal* (63%)Formal* (65%)
S8 collaboration with PHCNo (52%)No* (69%)No* (61%)Yes* (88%)No (53%)
S9 collaborations with secondary care institutionsNo (56%)No* (68%)No* (66%)Yes* (86%)Yes (62%)

Practices

PZ mode of consultation Mostly scheduled appointment* (82%)Mostly
walk-in* (69%)
Mostly scheduled appointment (64%)Mixed (24%) or variableMixed (25%) or mostly scheduled appointment (67%)
PB role of the nursesNo nurse* (88%)Limited* (27%)
or no nurse (66%)
No nurse* (75%)Extended* (55%)Extended* (82%)
P7 scope of servicesNarrow* (59%)Narrow* (59%)Broad* (47%)Very broad* (47%)Very broad* (69%)
PH quality assessmentNone* (100%) More or less* (68%) More or less* (66%)More* (50%)More* (67%)

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