Physician factors for hospitalised community-acquired pneumonia in Alberta during April 1, 1994–March 31, 1999
| Physician factors | All pneumonia hospital discharges | First 72‐h mortality for pneumonia-hospital discharges | All in-hospital mortality for pneumonia hospital discharges | All-cause 1‐yr mortality for pneumonia hospital discharges |
| Patients n | 43642 | 1311 | 4693 | 11370 |
| General/family practitioner listed as most responsible physician | 31327 (71.8) | 780 (59.5) | 2815 (60.0) | 7439 (65.4) |
| Any internal medicine specialist or subspecialist listed as consultant | 18325 (42.0) | 621 (47.4) | 2794 (59.5) | 6064 (53.3) |
| Patient volume per in-hospital physician | ||||
| 1st quartile | 12263 (28.1) | 379 (28.9) | 1334 (28.4) | 3130 (27.5) |
| 4th quartile | 8377 (19.2) | 291 (22.2) | 1011 (21.5) | 2390 (21.0) |
| Pre-admission ambulatory visit by any physician (2–14 days prior to admission date) | 18145 (41.6) | 430 (32.8) | 1650 (35.2) | 4467 (39.3) |
| Pre-admission ambulatory visit by an internal medicine specialist or subspecialist (2–14 days prior to admission date) | 2404 (5.5) | 78 (5.9) | 306 (6.5) | 783 (6.9) |
| Emergency room claim between 2–14 days prior to admission date | 3910 (9.0) | 102 (7.8) | 374 (8.0) | 955 (8.4) |
Data are presented as n (%), unless otherwise stated