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Family physician home visits by neighbourhood income quintiles and region of residency |
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| Family physician home visits Mean (standard deviation); Median (range) |
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| Neighbourhood income quintile |
All adult Nova Scotians |
Halifax regional municipality |
All other regions |
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| 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) |
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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 |
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