Surge capacity and practice management challenges of Canadian family physicians during COVID-19: a qualitative study

Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

	British Columbia n = 15 n (%)	Ontario n = 20 n (%)	Nova Scotia n = 21 n (%)	Newfoundland and labrador n = 12 n (%)	Total n = 68 n (%)
Gender^a
Man	4 (26.7)	10 (50)	9 (42.9)	4 (33.3)	27 (39.7)
Woman	11 (73.3)	10 (50)	12 (57.1)	8 (66.7)	41 (60.3)
Practice type
Fee-for-service	6 (40)	4 (20)	7 (33.3)	5 (41.7)	22 (32.4)
Alternative payment plan^b	9 (60)	16 (80)	14 (66.7)	7 (58.3)	46 (67.6)
Hospital affiliation
No	3 (20)	5 (25)	6 (28.6)	5 (41.7)	19 (27.9)
Yes	12 (80)	15 (75)	15 (71.4)	7 (58.3)	49 (72.1)
Community size^c
Rural	0 (0)	9 (45)	8 (38.1)	3 (25)	20 (29.4)
Small urban	0 (0)	1 (5)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (1.5)
Urban	15 (100)	8 (40)	13 (61.9)	8 (66.7)	44 (64.7)
Mix	0 (0)	2 (10)	0 (0)	1 (8.3)	3 (4.4)
Years in practice (mean)	16.9	18.7	15.4	16.3	16.9

^aGender was asked as an open-ended question
^bAlternate payment includes all non-fee-for-service or enhanced fee-for-service payment types
^cRural = ≤ 10,000 population, small urban = 10,000–99,999 population, urban = ≥ 100,0000

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