Table 2 Patients who found or did not find a new MSOC following their physician’s retirement
| Characteristic (in 2005/2006) | Number (row %) of individuals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Patients who found new MSOC N = 11,377 |
Patients who did not find new MSOC N = 636 |
Total N = 12,013 | P value | |
| Age | ||||
| < 20 | 408 (3.6) | 119 (18.7) | 527 | < 0.0001 |
| 20–29 | 387 (3.4) | 67 (10.5) | 454 | |
| 30–39 | 739 (6.5) | 93 (14.6) | 832 | |
| 40–49 | 1755 (15.4) | 129 (20.3) | 1884 | |
| 50–59 | 2800 (24.6) | 115 (18.1) | 2915 | |
| 60–69 | 2512 (22.1) | 57 (9.0) | 2569 | |
| 70–79 | 1896 (16.7) | 29 (4.6) | 1925 | |
| 80 + | 880 (7.7) | 27 (4.3) | 907 | |
| Sex | p = 0.0016 | |||
| Female | 6242 (54.9) | 306 (48.1) | 6548 | |
| Male | 5131 (45.1) | 329 (51.7) | 5460 | |
| Unknown* | ≤ 5 | ≤ 5 | ≤ 5 | |
| Socioeconomic status | < 0.0001 | |||
| 1—lowest | 2334 (20.5) | 183 (28.8) | 2517 | |
| 2 | 2327 (20.5) | 123 (19.3) | 2450 | |
| 3 | 2061 (18.1) | 103 (16.2) | 2164 | |
| 4 | 2157 (19.0) | 110 (17.3) | 2267 | |
| 5—highest | 2341 (20.6) | 104 (16.4) | 2445 | |
| Unknown | 157 (1.4) | 13 (2.0) | 170 | |
| Major ADGs | < 0.0001 | |||
| 0 | 5851 (51.4) | 402 (63.2) | 6253 | |
| 1 | 3603 (31.7) | 163 (25.6) | 3766 | |
| 2 | 1362 (12) | 56 (8.8) | 1418 | |
| 3 | 418 (3.7) | 11 (1.7) | 429 | |
| 4 + * | ≥ 142 | ≤ 5 | 147 | |
| Health authority of residence | p = 0.16 | |||
| Interior health | 2182 (19.2) | 104 (16.4) | 2286 | |
| Fraser health | 2882 (25.3) | 174 (27.4) | 3056 | |
| Vancouver coastal health | 2789 (24.5) | 169 (26.6) | 2958 | |
| Island health | 2805 (24.7) | 143 (22.5) | 2948 | |
| Northern health | 710 (94.04) | 45 (5.96) | 755 | |
| Time to finding new MSOC | ||||
| < 6 months | 3247 (28.5) | |||
| 6–12 months | 2924 (25.7) | |||
| 12–18 months | 2531 (22.3) | |||
| 18–24 months | 970 (8.5) | |||
| 24–30 months | 701 (6.2) | |||
| 30–36 months | 357 (3.1) | |||
| > 36 months | 647 (5.7) | |||