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Table 1 Family physician home visits by neighbourhood income quintiles and region of residency

From: Home visits by family physicians during the end-of-life: Does patient income or residence play a role?

 

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)

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