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Has a Regular Health Care Provider

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<tr><td>Short/Other Names</td><td>

Percentage of Population With a Regular

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Health Care Provider

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<tr><td>Description</td><td>

The percentage of the population that reported having a regular

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...

health care provider

A regular health care provider is defined as a health professional that a person sees or talks to when he or she needs care or advice about health. This can include a family doctor or general practitioner, a medical specialist or a nurse practitioner.

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<tr><td>Interpretation</td><td>

Higher percentages are desirable.

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<tr><td>HSP Framework Dimension</td><td>

Health System Outputs: Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services

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<tr><td>Areas of Need</td><td>

Getting Better

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<tr><td>Geographic Coverage</td><td>

All provinces/territories

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<tr><td>Reporting Level/Disaggregation</td><td>

National, Province/Territory, Region

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<tr><td>Indicator Results</td><td>

Accessing Indicator Results on Your Health System: In Depth

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<tr><td>Name</td><td>

Has a Regular Health Care Provider

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<tr><td>Short/Other Names</td><td>

Percentage of Population With a Regular

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Health Care Provider

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<tr><td>Description</td><td>

The percentage of the population that reported having a regular

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...

health care provider

A regular health care provider is defined as a health professional that a person sees or talks to when he or she needs care or advice about health. This can include a family doctor or general practitioner, a medical specialist or a nurse practitioner.

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<tr><td>Calculation: Description</td><td>

Population age 12 and older who reported that they have a regular

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health care provider divided by the

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total population age 12 and older

Population estimates are

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based on weighted survey responses to reflect the total population.

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<tr><td>Calculation: Geographic Assignment</td><td>

Place of residence

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<tr><td>Calculation: Type of Measurement</td><td>

Percentage or proportion

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<tr><td>Calculation:  Adjustment Applied</td><td>

None

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<tr><td>Calculation:  Method of Adjustment</td><td>

Not applicable

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<tr><td>Denominator</td><td>

Description:

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Population age 12 and older (based on weighted survey responses)
Exclusions:

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Non-response categories (

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refusal,

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don't know

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and

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not stated

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) are excluded

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.

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<tr><td>Numerator</td><td>

Description:

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Population age 12 and older who reported that they have a regular

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health care provider (based on weighted survey respondents)

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<div role="button" class="expandableTitle" aria-controls="backgroundRegion">Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks</div>

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<tr><td>Rationale</td><td>

On a daily basis, many Canadians receive health care services, usually through nurse practitioners, general practitioners or family physicians. Having a regular health care provider is an important source of disease prevention and management. Factors affecting whether a person has a regular health care provider include age and sex. In

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2017, the most common reason respondents gave for not having a regular

...

health care provider was that they had not looked for one.

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<tr><td>Interpretation</td><td>

Higher percentages are desirable.

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<tr><td>HSP Framework Dimension</td><td>

Health System Outputs: Access to comprehensive, high-quality health services

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<tr><td>Areas of Need</td><td>

Getting Better

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<tr><td>Targets/Benchmarks</td><td>

Not applicable

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<tr><td>References</td><td>

Canadian Institute for Health Information. Experiences With Primary Health Care in Canada

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(PDF). 2016.

Statistics Canada. Primary health care providers, 2017. Accessed February 20, 2020.

Commonwealth Fund. International

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Statistics Canada. Access to a regular medical doctor 2011. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-625-x/2012001/article/11656-eng.htm. Updated June 19, 2012. Accessed September 9, 2016.

St-Pierre M, Béland Y. Mode effects in the Canadian Community Health Survey: A Comparison of CAPI and CATI. 2004 Proceedings of the American Statistical Association Meeting. 2004. Toronto, ON : American Statistical Association.

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Survey Data Center. Accessed January 10, 2018.

Statistics Canada. Canadian Community Health Survey — Annual component (CCHS). Accessed February 20, 2020.

Statistics Canada. Health characteristics, two-year period estimates. Accessed February 20, 2020.

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<div role="button" class="expandableTitle" aria-controls="availabilityRegion">Availability of Data Sources and Results</div>

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<tr><td>Data Sources</td><td>

CCHS, Statistics Canada, Statistics Canada, Table 13-10-0113-01: Health characteristics, two-year period estimates (by age group and sex, Canada, provinces, territories and health regions); 2016 International Health Policy Survey, The Commonwealth Fund.

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<tr><td>Available Data Years</td><td>

Type of Year:
Calendar
First Available Year:

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2017
Last Available Year:

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2018

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<tr><td>Geographic Coverage</td><td>

All provinces/territories

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<tr><td>Reporting Level/Disaggregation</td><td>

National, Province/Territory, Region

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<tr><td>Update Frequency</td><td>

Every year

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<tr><td>Indicator Results</td><td>

Web Tool:
Your Health System: In Depth
URL:
Accessing Indicator Results on Your Health System: In Depth

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<tr><td>Updates</td><td>

Not applicable

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<div role="button" class="expandableTitle" aria-controls="qualityRegion">Quality Statement</div>

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<tr><td>Caveats and Limitations</td><td>

This indicator is calculated based on 2 years of pooled data from 2017 and 2018.

Data for the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS)

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is collected yearly from a sample of approximately 65,000 respondents. Table 13-10-0113-01 presents estimates from 2-year combined data and features estimates for all provinces and territories as well as for health regions. The 2-year combined data has higher precision (less variability) than annual estimates; annual CCHS estimates are not available at the health region level.

Some values have data quality flags that indicate "use with caution" or "suppressed" due to high coefficients of variation: health regions with small populations and results disaggregated by age group or sex within small regions

...

.

The CCHS covers the population age 12 and older living in the 10 provinces and 3 territories. Excluded from the survey's coverage are

...

• Persons living on reserves and in other

...

• Indigenous settlements in the provinces

...

• Full-time members of the Canadian Forces

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• Children age 12 to 17 living in foster care
• The institutionalized population

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• Persons living in 2 Quebec health regions: Nunavik

...

• Region and Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James

...

• Region

Altogether, these exclusions represent less than 3% of the

...

Canadian population age 12 and older.

...

In the North, the frame for the CCHS covers 92% of the target population in Yukon, 96% in the Northwest Territories and 92% in Nunavut. Before 2013, coverage in Nunavut was 71%.

...

...

A low percentage may be related to the use of options other than a doctor's office. In the territories, a nurse practitioner is often used as the first point of medical contact, rather than a medical doctor.

Data on the use of different types of regular places of care is limited, as this is not tracked in the CCHS. In 2008, according to the Canadian Survey of Experiences With Primary Health Care, 91% of adults reported that they have a regular place they usually go to if they are sick or need advice about their health. Most reported this to be a doctor's office (clinic or practice) (78%), while 17% went to a walk-in clinic, centre local de services communautaires (CLSC) or community health centre (CHC).

Where use of clinics, CLSCs and CHCs as regular places of care is high, a relatively low percentage having a regular medical doctor might not reflect poor access to primary care.

Individuals may also have a nurse practitioner as their regular primary care provider and not have a regular medical doctor.

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<tr><td>Trending Issues</td><td>

As a result of a redesign in 2015, the CCHS has a new collection strategy and sample design. For this reason, Statistics Canada does not recommend making comparisons with CCHS data from 2001 to 2014.

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<tr><td>Comments</td><td>

Data for Ontario's local health integration networks and British Columbia's regional health authorities was received from Statistics Canada through custom tabulation requests:

Source: Statistics Canada. Selected CCHS Indicators for Ontario by Local Health Integration Network and British Columbia Regional Health Authority, 2017–2018. January 2020. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.

Indicator results are also available

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in

• Your Health System: In Brief

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• OECD Interactive Tool (https://www.cihi.ca/en/health-system-performance/performance-reporting/international/oecd-interactive-tool-international)

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