Table 2

Characteristics of the physician cohort by method of remuneration and province

Physician characteristics	Newfoundland and Labrador (N=388)
	FFS (n=362)		NFFS* (n=26)
	n	Per cent	n	Per cent
Specialty
General practitioner	291	80.4	22	84.6
Specialist	71	19.6	4	15.4
Sex
Male	257	70.9	19	73.1
Female	105	29.0	7	26.9
Age group (years)
<40	85	23.5	15	57.7
40–64	269	74.3	11	42.3
65+	8	2.2	0	0.0
Health region of practice
Eastern	258	71.3	6	23.1
Central	56	15.5	13	50.0
Western	42	11.6	3	11.5
Labrador	6	1.7	4	15.4
Medical degree, years†	22.5 (10.7)	22.0	15.0 (9.7)	14.0
Specialty, years†	17.2 (10.1)	17.0	6.8 (8.9)	3.5
	Manitoba (N=1229)
	FFS (n=989)		NFFS (n=270)
	n	Per cent	n	Per cent
Specialty
General practitioner	770	77.9	–	–
Specialist	219	22.1	–	–
Sex
Male	741	74.9	201	74.4
Female	248	25.1	69	25.6
Age group (years)
<40	301	30.4	185	68.5
40–64	572	57.8	–	–
65+	116	11.8	–	–
Missing	0	0.0	0	0.0
Health region of practice
Winnipeg	659	66.6	57	21.1
Interlake-Eastern	61	6.2	40	14.8
Northern	25	2.5	63	23.3
Prairie Mountain	152	15.4	62	23.0
Southern	92	9.3	48	17.8
Specialty, years*	12.1 (9.9)	10.0	5.2 (6.4)	3.0

*In Newfoundland and Labrador, NFFS physicians identified in claims data received partial FFS remuneration, while in Manitoba, NFFS physicians identified in claims data shadow bill.
†Reported values are mean (SD) and median; some cells cannot be reported, in accordance with Manitoba Health requirements, because of small numbers.
FFS, fee-for-service; NFFS, non-FFS.