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 | Â | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Patients who found new MSOC N = 11,377 | Patients who did not find new MSOC N = 636 | Total N = 12,013 | P value |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 < 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 | Â |
Male | 5131 (45.1) | 329 (51.7) | 5460 | Â |
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 | Â |
3 | 2061 (18.1) | 103 (16.2) | 2164 | Â |
4 | 2157 (19.0) | 110 (17.3) | 2267 | Â |
5—highest | 2341 (20.6) | 104 (16.4) | 2445 |  |
Unknown | 157 (1.4) | 13 (2.0) | 170 | Â |
Major ADGs |  |  |  |  < 0.0001 |
0 | 5851 (51.4) | 402 (63.2) | 6253 | Â |
1 | 3603 (31.7) | 163 (25.6) | 3766 | Â |
2 | 1362 (12) | 56 (8.8) | 1418 | Â |
3 | 418 (3.7) | 11 (1.7) | 429 | Â |
4 + * |  ≥ 142 |  ≤ 5 | 147 |  |
Health authority of residence |  |  |  | p = 0.16 |
Interior health | 2182 (19.2) | 104 (16.4) | 2286 | Â |
Fraser health | 2882 (25.3) | 174 (27.4) | 3056 | Â |
Vancouver coastal health | 2789 (24.5) | 169 (26.6) | 2958 | Â |
Island health | 2805 (24.7) | 143 (22.5) | 2948 | Â |
Northern health | 710 (94.04) | 45 (5.96) | 755 | Â |
Time to finding new MSOC | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 < 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) |  |  |  |