Table 2.

Mean Continuity to the Enrolling Physician and Group by Patient Enrollment Model and Selected Demographic Characteristics for All Patients with 2 or More Primary Care Visits, October 1, 2017–September 30, 2019, Ontario, Canada

	Enrolling Physician			Enrolling Group
Characteristic	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD
Overall	7,110,036	69.4	33.2	7,110,036	76.0	31.3
Enrollment model
Enhanced fee-for-service	2,617,415	67.3	34.2	2,617,415	73.8	32.4
Nonteam capitation	2,520,998	70.7	32.3	2,520,998	76.2	31.1
Team-based capitation	1,971,623	70.6	32.8	1,971,623	78.7	30.0
Age group
16–34	1,701,091	57.0	35.5	1,701,091	64.8	35.2
35–49	1,636,394	66.0	33.6	1,636,394	73.3	32.1
50–64	1,956,422	74.0	31.1	1,956,422	80.2	28.7
65–79	1,371,732	79.0	28.3	1,371,732	84.4	25.6
80+ years	444,397	79.6	28.2	444,397	84.7	25.7
Sex
Male	3,096,286	69.9	34.0	3,096,286	76.2	32.1
Female	4,013,750	69.0	32.5	4,013,750	75.8	30.7
Rurality index (RIO score)
Urban (0 to 9)	5,342,731	67.7	33.6	5,342,731	74.2	32.1
Small town (10 to 39)	1,322,103	74.2	31.2	1,322,103	81.2	28.5
Rural (40+)	409,486	76.0	31.4	409,486	82.7	27.8
Missing	35,716	71.6	33.9	35,716	78.7	31.1
Number of visits over the 2-year period (October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2019)
2 to 4	2,446,685	69.4	36.1	2,446,685	76.1	33.9
5 to 7	1,789,761	69.8	31.9	1,789,761	76.4	30.2
8 to 11	1,418,997	70.1	30.9	1,418,997	76.6	29.2
12+	1,454,593	68.2	31.6	1,454,593	74.9	30.2
Comorbidity (ADG)^*
No/low comorbidity (0 to 4)	2,558,407	70.1	35.5	2,558,407	76.5	33.4
Moderate comorbidity (5 to 9)	3,409,931	69.1	32.1	3,409,931	75.8	30.4
High comorbidity (10+)	1,141,698	68.8	30.8	1,141,698	75.6	29.3
Morbidity (RUB)^†
Nonuser/healthy user (0 to 1)	151,890	59.4	40.0	151,890	67.3	39.0
Low morbidity (2)	922,952	66.8	36.8	922,952	73.7	35.0
Moderate morbidity (3)	4,110,039	70.0	32.8	4,110,039	76.5	30.9
High morbidity (4+)	1,925,155	70.2	31.3	1,925,155	76.8	29.5
Income quintile
Low (1)	1,251,439	68.7	34.2	1,251,439	75.0	32.5
2	1,382,830	69.6	33.4	1,382,830	76.2	31.6
3	1,461,776	69.4	33.1	1,461,776	76.1	31.3
4	1,490,660	69.2	32.8	1,490,660	76.0	31.0
High (5)	1,513,250	70.0	32.4	1,513,250	76.8	30.5
Missing	10,081	64.3	35.1	10,081	70.5	34.1
Long-term resident
Yes	6,525,224	69.7	33.2	6,525,224	76.2	31.3
No	584,812	66.5	33.2	584,812	73.6	31.6

Abbreviations: RIO, Rurality Index for Ontario; SD, standard deviation.
↵^*Johns Hopkins Aggregated Diagnosis Group.
↵^†Johns Hopkins Resource Utilization Band.