Table 3 Profile of patients by gender

SE  Age (mean^‡, median in years)

53/53

48/47

SE  Household income (% under LICO)^‡

13

19

SE  Low education (% with less than high school degree) *

19

16

SE  Not speaking English or French at home (%)

1.7

1.9

SE  Aboriginal (%)*

0.8

1.6

SE  Uninsured (in Canada) (%)

1.6

2.3

SE  Not working outside the house (%)

37

26

SE  Recent immigrant (< 5 years) (%)

2.0

2.5

SE  Rurality index (mean)

13

13

SE  Distance from home to practice > 10 km (%)

26

25

Health status

H   At least one day with poor mental health in past 30 days (%)^‡

34

49

H   At least one day with poor physical health in past 30 days (%)^‡

56

62

H   At least one day limited by poor mental or physical health in past 30 days (%)*

40

43

H   Physical, mental or emotional problem lasting more than one year (%)

43

41

H   Self perceived health good-excellent (%)

82

82

H   Presence of at least one chronic disease/Number of chronic diseases (%)

74/1.9

73/1.8

    Relationship with the practice

    Provider is a Nurse Practitioner (%)^‡

2.1

7.5

    Seeing their own provider at that visit (%)

91.5

92.1

    Attending the practice for more than 2 years (%)

83

83

    Number of visits to the office in previous year (mean^†, median)

5.8, 4

6.6,4

    Main reason for visit - Check up/Chronic problem/Recent problem

35/30/36

36/27/37

    Chart audit patient profile

    Uninsured in Ontario (%)*

0.7

1.6

    Age (mean^‡, median in years)

49.5/48

46.0/45

    Number of visits to the office in previous year (mean^‡, median)

4.3/3

5.0/4