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Descriptive statistics
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All CWL patients (waiting for attachment & attached) (%)
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Patients waiting for attachment (%)
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Patients attached to a GP (%)
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P (Chi-2 or t-test)
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|---|
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Material deprivationa
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Very advantaged
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28.16
|
30.60
|
23.27
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< 0.0001
|
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Advantaged
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21.96
|
23.16
|
19.56
|
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Medium
|
17.37
|
17.05
|
18.01
|
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Disadvantaged
|
18.46
|
17.55
|
20.28
|
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Very disadvantaged
|
14.06
|
11.65
|
18.88
|
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Social deprivationb
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Very advantaged
|
16.59
|
18.82
|
12.13
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< 0.0001
|
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Advantaged
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13.12
|
14.03
|
11.30
|
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Medium
|
15.28
|
16.08
|
13.67
|
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Disadvantaged
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22.76
|
21.57
|
25.12
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Very disadvantaged
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32.25
|
29.49
|
37.78
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Sex (%)
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Female
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53.58
|
54.07
|
52.60
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0.0001
|
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Mean age (s.d.)c
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42.13 (22.11)
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42.56 (19.03)
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41.29 (27.24)
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< 0.0001
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Local health network (%)
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A
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18.01
|
23.03
|
8.23
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< 0.0001
|
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B
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12.37
|
10.58
|
15.95
|
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C
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24.30
|
31.16
|
10.59
|
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D
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28.64
|
26.56
|
32.80
|
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E
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16.59
|
8.67
|
32.42
|
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Medical vulnerability (%)d
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Vulnerable
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31.38
|
23.95
|
46.23
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< 0.0001
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Non-vulnerable
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68.62
|
76.05
|
53.77
|
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Clinical priority (%)e
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1 (most urgent)
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1.95
|
0.37
|
4.62
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< 0.0001
|
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2
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15.86
|
6.33
|
31.90
|
|
3
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12.57
|
8.63
|
19.22
|
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4
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25.54
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27.06
|
22.98
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5 (least urgent)
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44.08
|
57.61
|
21.29
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Number of health conditions (%)f
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None
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72.48
|
79.20
|
59.04
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< 0.0001
|
|
1 condition
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18.28
|
13.56
|
27.71
|
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≥2 conditions
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9.24
|
7.24
|
13.25
|
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Health conditions (%)
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Mental healthg
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6.23
|
5.39
|
7.89
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< 0.0001
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Major depression
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1.91
|
1.47
|
2.80
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< 0.0001
|
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Addiction
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0.81
|
0.75
|
0.91
|
0.02
|
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Active cancer
|
3.90
|
2.29
|
7.11
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< 0.0001
|
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Intellectual disability
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0.48
|
0.40
|
0.62
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< 0.0001
|
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Diabetes
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5.35
|
3.52
|
9.02
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< 0.0001
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COPD
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3.86
|
3.19
|
5.22
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< 0.0001
|
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Mean wait time (s.d.)c,h
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–
|
458 (359)
|
284 (350)
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< 0.0001
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- aArea-based material deprivation
- bArea-based social deprivation
- cs.d.: standard deviation
- dMedical vulnerability is determined by the presence of at least one of 19 medical vulnerability codes, as pre-determined by the RAMQ, or being older of 70 year old
- eClinical priority level as assigned by the CWLs’ nurses (ranging from Priority 1 – most urgent, to Priority 5 – least urgent)
- fNumber of medical vulnerability codes present
- gMental health problems excluding major depression
- hMean wait time in days: For patients waiting for attachment – number of days between CWL registration and May 31st, 2015; For patients attached to a GP – number of days between CWL registration and attachment. Not provided for all patients because measured differently for each group
