Table 2. Logistic regression of poor coordination with social services or other community providers as a function of physician and practice characteristics (N = 11 337)

		Univariate model			Multivariate model 1^a			Multivariate model 2^b
Category	n	OR	95% CI	P value	OR	95% CI	P value	OR	95% CI	P value
Sex
Male (reference)	7072	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—
Female	5948	1.03	0.92 to 1.15	0.602	0.95	0.83 to 1.08	0.449	0.95	0.83 to 1.09	0.455
Age, years
≤44 (reference)	4376	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—
45–54	3151	0.91	0.78 to 1.05	0.206	0.95	0.80 to 1.12	0.539	1.02	0.86 to 1.21	0.819
55–64	3815	0.93	0.81 to 1.07	0.309	1.00	0.85 to 1.17	0.990	1.04	0.88 to 1.23	0.627
≥65	1691	1.11	0.94 to 1.32	0.214	0.91	0.74 to 1.13	0.405	0.95	0.76 to 1.18	0.650
Area
City (reference)	5590	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—
Suburb	2676	0.99	0.86 to 1.13	0.902	0.97	0.83 to 1.14	0.712	1.01	0.85 to 1.19	0.902
Small town	2761	0.62	0.53 to 0.72	<0.001	0.69	0.58 to 0.82	<0.001	0.82	0.68 to 0.98	0.033
Rural	1788	0.43	0.35 to 0.53	<0.001	0.53	0.42 to 0.67	<0.001	0.69	0.54 to 0.88	0.002
Communication with other HCPs
Yes, often (reference)	8125	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—
Sometimes or rarely	3819	1.70	1.51 to 1.93	<0.001	1.80	1.58 to 2.05	<0.001	2.00	1.75 to 2.30	<0.001
Never	126	5.03	3.42 to 7.40	<0.001	4.78	3.16 to 7.23	<0.001	5.60	3.63 to 8.64	<0.001
GP communicates using email
No (reference)	4677	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—
Yes	8026	0.95	0.85 to 1.07	0.392	0.80	0.70 to 0.92	0.002	0.73	0.62 to 0.87	<0.001
Mean consultation time
≥5 minutes to ≤10 minutes (reference)	2705	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—
>10 minutes to ≤15 minutes	4243	1.32	1.11 to 1.58	0.001	1.49	1.21 to 1.82	<0.001	1.05	0.83 to 1.32	0.696
>15 minutes to ≤20 minutes	3290	1.75	1.47 to 2.09	<0.001	1.97	1.60 to 2.42	<0.001	1.00	0.77 to 1.30	0.986
>20 minutes to ≤90 minutes	2635	2.18	1.83 to 2.61	<0.001	2.38	1.91 to 2.95	<0.001	1.04	0.79 to 1.38	0.776
Practice type
Traditional type (reference)	6721	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—	1.00	—	—
Multidisciplinary	1641	0.50	0.39 to 0.62	<0.001	0.42	0.31 to 0.55	<0.001	0.39	0.29 to 0.53	<0.001
Nurse-centred	1543	1.65	1.41 to 1.93	<0.001	1.62	1.34 to 1.95	<0.001	1.11	0.91 to 1.37	0.298
Psychologist-centred	2427	1.54	1.35 to 1.77	<0.001	1.57	1.34 to 1.84	<0.001	0.88	0.74 to 1.05	0.173
Physiotherapist-centred	688	0.95	0.73 to 1.23	0.698	1.00	0.74 to 1.35	0.988	0.84	0.62 to 1.23	0.251
Country
Australia (reference)		1.00	—	—	—	—	—	1.00	—	—
Canada		1.41	0.99 to 1.99	0.054	—	—	—	2.01	1.30 to 3.11	0.002
France		2.15	1.51 to 3.07	<0.001	—	—	—	3.77	2.44 to 5.82	<0.001
Germany		0.34	0.20 to 0.50	<0.001	—	—	—	0.28	0.13 to 0.60	0.001
The Netherlands		0.98	0.65 to 1.49	0.933	—	—	—	2.15	1.30 to 3.57	0.001
New Zealand		0.42	0.24 to 0.75	0.003	—	—	—	0.51	0.26 to 1.00	0.052
Norway		0.41	0.24 to 0.70	0.001	—	—	—	0.85	0.46 to 1.59	0.615
Sweden		3.04	2.17 to 4.26	<0.001	—	—	—	5.58	3.53 to 8.82	<0.001
Switzerland		0.73	0.48 to 1.10	0.130	—	—	—	0.71	0.41 to 1.24	0.230
UK		0.51	0.33 to 0.80	0.003	—	—	—	0.89	0.52 to 1.52	0.672
US		1.89	1.33 to 2.60	<0.001	—	—	—	2.74	1.73 to 4.33	<0.001

^aWithout adjusting for countries. ^bAdjusting for individual countries. HCP = healthcare professional. OR = odds ratio.