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Primary health intendance providers, 2019

Release date: October 22, 2020

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In 2019, 14.v% of Canadians anile 12 and older (roughly 4.six million people) reported that they did not have a regular health care provider they see or talk to when they need care or advice for their health. Note 1

Significantly more than males (17.4%) than females (11.7%) reported they were without a regular health care provider in 2019. Annotation two Amidst both males and females, compared to all historic period groups, those aged 18 to 34 were most likely to exist without a regular health care provider. Comparatively, Canadians aged 65 and older were the least probable (6.0% for males and v.5% for females; Chart 1).

Chart 1 Percentage without a regular health care provider, by age groupand sex, population aged 12 and older, Canada, 2019

Data table for Nautical chart 1 
Datatable for Chart ane
Table summary
This tabular array displays the results of Datatable for Chart ane Males and Females, calculated using percentage, lower 95% confidence interval and upper 95% confidence interval units of measure out (appearing as column headers).
Males Females
percent lower 95% conviction interval upper 95% confidence interval percent lower 95% conviction interval upper 95% confidence interval
Full (12 years and older) 17.4 16.7 18.2 11.7 11.1 12.3
12 to 17 years 14.7 12.half dozen sixteen.8 12.1 10.3 13.8
18 to 34 years 29.5 27.6 31.5 twenty.4 18.vii 22.2
35 to 49 years xviii.five 17.0 20.0 xi.eight ten.5 13.0
50 to 64 years 12.half dozen 11.iii xiii.9 7.6 6.6 8.vi
65 years and older 6.0 five.3 vi.7 5.5 iv.ix 6.2
Note: A regular health care provider is divers as a health professional person that a person sees or talks to when they need care or advice about their health. This can include a family doctor or general practitioner, medical specialist, or nurse practitioner.
Source: Canadian Customs Wellness Survey, 2019.

Access to a regular wellness care provider is very important for preventative health care and the management of ongoing medical conditions. Since 2015, the proportion of Canadians reporting that they did non have a regular health care provider decreased from sixteen.8% in 2015 to fourteen.5% in 2019. Amongst the provinces, in that location were differences in this tendency. Betwixt 2015 and 2019, Quebec and Alberta saw a decrease in the proportion of residents without a regular health care provider, whereas Nova Scotia saw an increment (Table 1).



Table 1
Percent of Canadians without a regular health care provider, by province, 2015 compared to 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage of Canadians without a regular wellness intendance provider 2015 and 2019, calculated using per centum (%) units of measure (appearing equally column headers).
2015 2019
percentage (%)
Canada xvi.8 14.five Note*
Newfoundland and Labrador 11.nine 12.5
Prince Edward Island 11.3 fourteen.9
Nova Scotia eleven.3 14.4 Note*
New Brunswick 9.ii ten.2
Quebec 27.8 21.5 Note*
Ontario 10.4 ix.four
Manitoba 18.2 fifteen.8
Saskatchewan 19.i 17.ii
Alberta nineteen.v 14.9 Note*
British Columbia 16.ii 17.7
Note*

Significantly unlike compared to the rate from 2015 (p-value less than 0.05)

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Source: Canadian Community Wellness Survey, 2015 & 2019.

Compared to the national boilerplate (fourteen.5%), Quebec (21.5%), Saskatchewan (17.ii%) and British Columbia (17.7%) all had a higher proportion of residents without a regular health care provider. New Brunswick (10.2%) and Ontario (9.4%) both had a lower proportion of residents who did not take a regular health care provider, and all other provinces had a rate that was similar to the national average.

Nova Scotians were more than likely to study their regular intendance provider retired or left

In 2019, the main reasons as to why an individual did non take a regular health intendance provider differed based on their province of residence. Compared to all other provinces, residents in Nova Scotia were virtually likely to report that the reason they did non have a regular health care provider was because they had 1 who had retired or left (Table 2). Note 3 Residents living in Prairie Provinces were more likely to report that they had non tried to notice a primary care provider or they did not need one but had a usual place of care.



Table ii
Percentage distribution of reasons for non having a master wellness care provider, by province, population aged 12 and older who did not accept a primary health intendance provider, Canada, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Per centum distribution of reasons for non having a primary health care provider Felt they did not demand one but had a usual place of care, or have not tried to find one, No one available in the area or no ane in the surface area was taking new patients, Had one who left or retired and Other reason, calculated using percent (%) units of measure out (actualization as column headers).
Felt they did not need one but had a usual place of care, or have non tried to notice 1 No one available in the surface area or no one in the area was taking new patients Had one who left or retired Other reason
percent (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 47.4 40.0 30.ii 5.viii NoteEast: Use with caution
Prince Edward Isle 38.iv NoteEastward: Use with caution 38.four 25.vii AnnotationE: Use with caution 12.8 NoteDue east: Apply with caution
Nova Scotia 23.ix 45.8 41.3 15.5 NoteEastward: Use with caution
New Brunswick 31.four 43.9 25.3 NoteE: Use with caution xv.2 AnnotationE: Use with caution
Quebec 44.six 34.8 23.two sixteen.ii
Ontario 46.8 24.1 25.4 22.0
Manitoba 61.7 12.7 NoteDue east: Use with caution 24.5 19.8 NoteE: Use with circumspection
Saskatchewan 67.8 12.3 NotationE: Use with caution 26.4 16.7 NotationE: Use with caution
Alberta 65.nine 12.7 18.2 18.nine
British Columbia 46.eight 36.five 19.6 xiv.1
E use with caution
Annotation: Respondents could have reported more than one reason for not having a primary health care provider, and then estimates are not sectional within the population (they can add to more than 100%).
Source: Canadian Customs Health Survey, 2019.

Just over 1 in 3 people indicated they tin receive a same day or next twenty-four hours appointment

In addition to having a regular health care provider, information technology is important to have timely access to wellness care. Among Canadians who had a regular wellness care provider, 38.7% indicated they could receive a same day or next day appointment with someone from their regular healthcare provider'south part when they needed immediate care for a minor health problem. Canadians living in Nova Scotia (twenty.8%) and New Brunswick (20.four%) were the least likely to receive care within ii days (Nautical chart 2).

Chart 2 Proportion of people reporting they can have a same day/next day appointment from their regular health care provider's office for a minor health problem, by province, population aged 12 and older who have a regular health care provider, Canada, 2019

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Data table for Nautical chart 2
Tabular array summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Nautical chart two Percent, Lower 95% conviction interval and Upper 95% confidence interval (appearing every bit column headers).
Percent Lower 95% conviction interval Upper 95% confidence interval
Canada 38.7 37.9 39.4
Newfoundland and Labrador 30.3 26.v 34.0
Prince Edward Island 28.7 25.0 32.iv
Nova Scotia 20.viii 18.iv 23.2
New Brunswick 20.4 18.1 22.7
Quebec 32.4 31.0 33.9
Ontario 42.8 41.iv 44.1
Manitoba 40.8 37.five 44.0
Saskatchewan 44.9 41.3 48.four
Alberta 44.seven 42.vi 46.9
British Columbia 35.nine 33.9 37.9
Note: A regular health care provider is divers as a health professional person that a person sees or talks to when they need care or advice about their wellness. This can include a family dr. or general practitioner, medical specialist, or nurse practitioner.
Source: Canadian Community Health Survey, 2019.

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Most regular health care

For many Canadians, the first bespeak of contact for medical intendance is their regular health care provider. Being without a regular health care provider is associated with fewer visits to full general practitioners or specialists—who can play a role in the early screening and treatment of medical conditions.

A regular health care provider is defined as a health professional that a person sees or talks to when they need care or advice virtually their wellness. This can include a family medico or general practitioner, medical specialist, or nurse practitioner.

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References

Carrière, K. 2005. Consultations with doctors and nurses. Wellness Reports. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 82-003. Vol. 16 no. 4. (accessed October 1, 2020).

Nabalamba, A. and W. Millar. 2007. Going to the doctor. Health Reports. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 82-003. Vol. xviii no. 1. (accessed October 1, 2020).

Information

Additional data from the Canadian Community Health Survey are available from table 13-10-0096-01.

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