From: Variables associated with general practitioners taking on serious mental disorder patients
 | Sample (%) | All Quebec GPs (%) | Sample versus all Quebec GPs | All Canadian GPs | Quebec GPs versus Canadian GPs | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  | X2 | df | p |  | X2 | df | p |
Age categories (years of age) | Â | Â | 20.00 | 16 | 0.22 | Â | 20.000 | 16 | 0.22 |
< 35 | 8.3 | 13.7 | Â | Â | Â | 13.25 | Â | Â | Â |
35–44 | 32.9 | 27.5 |  |  |  | 30.95 |  |  |  |
45–54 | 41.5 | 35.0 |  |  |  | 32.6 |  |  |  |
55–64 | 14.6 | 18.3 |  |  |  | 17.35 |  |  |  |
65+ | 2.8 | 5.5 | Â | Â | Â | 5.85 | Â | Â | Â |
Gender distribution | Â | Â | 3.44 | 1 | 0.06 | Â | 1.32 | 1 | 0.250 |
   Male | 48.7 | 55.1 |  |  |  | 63.3 |  |  |  |
   Female | 51.3 | 44.9 |  |  |  | 36.7 |  |  |  |
Clinical setting | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Private medical offices | 80.1 | 69.8 | 2.67 | 1 | 0.10 |  |  |  |  |
   CLSCs | 23.6 | 27.3 | 0.24 | 1 | 0.63 |  |  |  |  |
   Hospitals | 49.4 | 57.3 | 1.28 | 1 | 0.26 |  |  |  |  |
   Emergency services | 17.3 | 25.2 | 1.93 | 1 | 0.16 |  |  |  |  |
Practice area | Â | Â | 1.34 | 1 | 0.25 | Â | 2.49 | 1 | 0.11 |
   Urban | 66.3 | 74.9 |  |  |  | 84.2 |  |  |  |
   Rural | 33.7 | 25.1 |  |  |  | 15.8 |  |  |  |
Presence of a university hospital | Â | Â | 1.29 | 1 | 0.26 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Yes | 51.0 | 58.6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
   No | 49.0 | 41.4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income level from fee for service | 65.0 | 74.0 | 1.90 | 1 | 0.17 | 51.0 | 1.28 | 1 | 0.257 |
Percentage of patients presenting with a mental disorder in the GP clientele | 24.9 | 20.0 | 0.47 | 1 | 0.49 | Â | Â | Â | Â |