Multidisciplinary work promotes preventive medicine and health education in primary care: a cross-sectional survey

Table 1 Organizational and Patients’ Characteristics among the Three Primary Care Models^1,2

	Independent physician model	Team model	Collaboration model
	n = 92	n = 264	n = 30
Personnel	Physicians	Physicians	Physicians
		Nurses	Physicians
		dietitians	Nurses
		Social-worker	Nurses
Clinic Ownership	Physician’s clinic	MHS’ clinic	Physician’s clinic
Clinic Ownership	Physician’s clinic	MHS’ clinic	Nurse’s clinic
Supporting staff	Physicians’ choice	MHS’ allocation	Physicians’ / Nurses’ choice
Patients’ Affiliation	Physician	Physician	Physician
Patients’ Affiliation	Physician	Physician	Nurse
Clinical Goals	Physicians’ goals	Physicians’ goals	Physicians’ goals
Clinical Goals	Physicians’ goals	No team goals	Nurses’ goals
Fee Policies	Per capita Supplementation according to defined outcomes achieved	Physicians Only	Physicians and Nurses
		Per capita	Per capita
		Supplementation according to defined outcomes achieved	Supplementation according to defined outcomes achieved
		All other professional	Nurses only
		Salary	Supplementation according to defined counseling activities conducted (smoking cessation counseling, diabetic guidance etc.)
		No supplementation according to defined outcomes achieved
Patients’ Gender (Male)^1,2	55.8	52.3	58.4
Patients’ Age (Years) ^2,3	64.3 ± 12	64.2 ± 12	63.4 ± 13
Patients’ Morbidity Levels ^2,3,4	1.04 ± 1.26	1.08 ± 1.27	1.10 ± 1.25

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