Access to and use of primary care resources
| Primary care resource | Total, % (95% CI)* |
|---|---|
| Have a regular medical doctor | |
| Yes | 95.1 (9 3.2–97.1) |
| Frequency of care by the same physician or nurse | |
| Always | 78.0 (7 4.5–81.5) |
| Availability of after-hours access to primary care physician | |
| Yes | 31.9 (2 7.9–36.0) |
| Other health professionals (e.g., nurse practitioners, nutritionists) in the primary care physician’s office | |
| Yes | 24.2 (2 0.9–27.4) |
| Other professionals involved in care in past 12 mo | |
| Yes | 6.1 (4.6–7.6) |
| Willing to see a nurse practitioner if primary care physician not available | |
| Yes | 87.3 (8 4.7–90.0) |
Note: CI = confidence interval.
↵* All proportions and 95% confidence intervals are weighted and bootstrapped as per Statistics Canada guidelines. All items were based on self-reported data.