Characteristics of physicians practising in a patient enrolment model with the highest proportion of patients unvaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 (top 10%), compared with the remaining 90% of physicians
| Characteristic | No. (%) of physicians* | Standardized difference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 10% n = 906 | Remaining 90% n = 8153 | Total n = 9059 | ||
| Sex | 0.34 | |||
| Male | 585 (64.6) | 3920 (48.1) | 4505 (49.7) | |
| Female | 321 (35.4) | 4233 (51.9) | 4554 (50.3) | |
| Training | 0.37 | |||
| Outside Canada | 366 (46.9) | 1753 (29.3) | 2119 (31.3) | |
| Canada | 414 (53.1) | 4240 (70.7) | 4654 (68.7) | |
| Physician age, yr, median (IQR) | 56 (46–65) | 49 (39–59) | 50 (40–60) | 0.44 |
| Enrolment model | ||||
| Enhanced fee for service | 447 (49.3) | 2303 (28.2) | 2750 (30.4) | 0.44 |
| Capitation | 216 (23.8) | 2957 (36.3) | 3173 (35.0) | 0.27 |
| Family health team | 227 (25.1) | 2807 (34.4) | 3034 (33.5) | 0.21 |
| Other primary care model | 16 (1.8) | 86 (1.1) | 102 (1.1) | 0.06 |
| Physician rurality (RIO scores) | ||||
| Urban (0–9) | 650 (73.5) | 5969 (76.1) | 6619 (75.8) | 0.06 |
| Small town (10–39) | 135 (15.3) | 1363 (17.4) | 1498 (17.2) | 0.06 |
| Rural (≥ 40) | 99 (11.2) | 515 (6.6) | 614 (7.0) | 0.16 |
| Rostered patients, median (IQR) | 1030 (365–1543) | 998 (704–1373) | 1000 (691–1386) | 0.04 |
| Patients with ≥ 2 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine doses, %, median (IQR) | 74.2 (69.2–76.7) | 87.0 (84.1–89.8) | 86.4 (82.9–89.5) | 2.70 |
| Patients with 1 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine dose, %, median (IQR) | 0.9 (0.5–1.2) | 0.6 (0.4–0.8) | 0.6 (0.4–0.9) | 0.84 |
Note: IQR = interquartile range, RIO = Rurality Index of Ontario.
↵* Unless indicated otherwise.