Table 1

Family physician home visits by neighbourhood income quintiles and region of residency


Family physician home visits Mean (standard deviation); Median (range)



Region of residency



Neighbourhood income quintile
All adult Nova Scotians
Halifax regional municipality
All other regions

Lower
1.67 (4.2); 0 (0–89)
2.30 (4.1); 0 (0–30)
1.53 (4.2); 0 (0–89)
Lower middle
1.77 (4.1); 0 (0–69)
2.60 (4.6); 1 (0–31)
1.60 (4.0); 0 (0–69)
Middle
2.25 (4.7); 0 (0–58)
2.96 (5.1); 1 (0–45)
2.02 (4.9); 0 (0–58)
Upper middle
2.15 (4.0); 0 (0–56)
2.44 (4.4); 1 (0–56)
1.95 (3.6); 0 (0–24)
Upper
2.42 (3.9); 1 (0–35)
2.36 (3.7); 1 (0–23)
2.65 (4.6); 0 (0–35)
All
2.00 (4.2); 0 (0–89)
2.53 (4.4); 1 (0–56)
1.75 (4.1); 0 (0–89)

Note: Mean and median visits differ significantly at the p < 0.0001 level

Burge et al. BMC Palliative Care 2005 4:1   doi:10.1186/1472-684X-4-1