Table 1 Percentage of PHC organizations with specific organizational characteristics by type, 2005 and 2010
Organizational characteristics | FMG-NCa (N = 16) | FMGb (N = 86) | NCc (N = 17) | LCSCd,e (N = 40) | Group practicee (N = 208) | Solo practicee (N = 172) | |||||||
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2005 (%) | 2010 (%) | 2005 (%) | 2010 (%) | 2005 (%) | 2010 (%) | 2005 (%) | 2010 (%) | 2005 (%) | 2010 (%) | 2005 (%) | 2010 (%) | ||
Presence of nurses | Yes | 77.8 | 100 | 66.3 | 83.7 | 70.6 | 94.1 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 23.1 | 27.9 | 13.4 | 18.6 |
Presence of specialists and/or other health professionals in the same building | Yes | 88.9 | 100 | 90.7 | 79.0 | 94.1 | 88.2 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 86.6 | 76.4 | 58.2 | 44.1 |
Information technologies used in the practice | At least one | 83.3 | 94.4 | 81.4 | 90.7 | 70.6 | 100 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 55.8 | 66.3 | 33.1 | 43.6 |
Collaboration with other PHC practices | Yes | 27.8 | 66.7 | 61.6 | 80.2 | 76.5 | 76.5 | 32.5 | 42.5 | 42.3 | 22.6 | 41.3 | 24.4 |
Collaboration with hospitals | Yes | 50.0 | 94.4 | 61.6 | 74.4 | 64.7 | 76.5 | 57.5 | 72.5 | 44.2 | 37.5 | 40.1 | 27.3 |
Opened on evenings (after 6 PM) and week-ends | Yes | 88.9 | 88.9 | 81.4 | 80.2 | 100 | 94.1 | 80.0 | 75.0 | 69.2 | 48.6 | 49.4 | 36.0 |
Predominant type of visits in the practice | Walk-in visitsf | 33.3 | 16.7 | 14.0 | 2.3 | 64.7 | 41.2 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 29.3 | 19.2 | 10.5 | 8.7 |
By-appointment visitsg | 22.2 | 11.1 | 62.8 | 57.0 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 77.5 | 77.5 | 51.9 | 58.7 | 81.4 | 83.1 | |
Mixedh | 44.4 | 72.2 | 23.3 | 40.7 | 29.4 | 52.9 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 18.8 | 22.1 | 8.1 | 8.1 | |