Table 1 Characteristics of the Family Medicine Groups
Site | Region | Date of creation | Study period (chart review) | Date of interviews/focus groups | Number of registered patients | Number of family physicians | Number of nurses | Number of participants to interview and focus groups | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MD | RN | MAN | SPE | Total | ||||||||
A | Metropolitan | 2003 | Oct. 2008–Jul. 2009 (PRE) Oct. 2011–Jul. 2012 (POST) | 2012/2014 | 19,000 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
B | Semi-rural | 2005 | Oct. 2008–Jul. 2009 (PRE) Oct. 2011–Jul. 2012 (POST) | 2012/2014 | 10,800 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
C | Metropolitan | 2008 | Oct. 2008–Jul. 2009 (PRE) Oct. 2011–Jul. 2012 (POST) | 2012/2014 | 17,500 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
D | Semi-rural | 2009 | Oct. 2009–Jul. 2010 (PRE) Oct. 2012–Jul. 2013 (POST) | 2013/2015 | 7000 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
E | Semi-rural | 2009 | Oct. 2009–Jul. 2010 (PRE) Oct. 2012–Jul. 2013 (POST) | 2013/2015 | 4000 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
F | Semi-rural | 2009 | Oct. 2009–Jul. 2010 (PRE) Oct. 2012–Jul. 2013 (POST) | 2013/2015 | 3166 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
G | Metropolitan | 2004 | Oct. 2008–Jul. 2009 (PRE) Oct. 2011–Jul. 2012 (POST) | 2012/2014 | 15,000 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
H | Semi-rural | 2007 | Oct. 2008–Jul. 2009 (PRE) Oct. 2011–Jul. 2012 (POST) | 2012/2014 | 3600 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
All | – | – | – | – | 80,066 | 85 | 24 | 32 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 56 |