title: Effects of practice setting on GPs' provision of care.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To define a physician classification system based on practice settings and to analyze the service provision associated with those classifications.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional, retrospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Province of Quebec.
  
  
  METHODS
  All GPs in Quebec in 2002 who had been practising for at least 2 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  Practice setting variables were based on physician income in the different settings. Service provision was assessed using indicators related to continuity, comprehensiveness, accessibility, and productivity of services provided by the GPs. A multiple correspondence analysis with ascending hierarchical classification was conducted to construct the taxonomy of GPs based on their practice settings.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our study produced 7 practice setting models. Two were essentially single-practice models. The 5 others combined several settings. Service provision varied from one model to another. Continuity was greater in the private practice model, in which older GPs were predominant, while accessibility was greater in multi-institutional practice models, in which younger GPs were more active.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To ensure balance between continuity, accessibility, and comprehensiveness in primary care services provided by GPs, it is important to consider the service provision associated with different practice models.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Montreal in Quebec. roxane.borges.da.silva@umontreal.ca.
authors.forename: Roxane
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Borgès Da Silva
authors.affiliation: Professor in the Department of Health Administration at the University of Montreal.
authors.forename: André-Pierre
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Contandriopoulos
authors.affiliation: Professeur Emeritus in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Montreal.
authors.forename: Raynald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pineault
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health at McGill University in Montreal.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tousignant
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D058006:General Practice / Q000145:classification* / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D058005:General Practitioners / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000145:classification* / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D011792:Quebec; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires