Access to care

Percent of physicians who rated access for patients in their community as very good or excellent.

	Overall	Female	Male	34 and under	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and over
Total	3385	958	2427	330	1118	1039	609	289
Family physician	55%	55%	54%	55%	55%	56%	51%	53%
Emergency room	53%	53%	52%	65%	53%	52%	49%	47%
Specialist medical care	36%	35%	36%	32%	34%	35%	39%	39%
Routine diagnostic services (e.g. lab, x-rays)	59%	62%	58%	63%	59%	58%	56%	62%
Advanced diagnostic services (e.g. MRI)	12%	14%	12%	9%	12%	12%	15%	15%
Rehabilitation/remedial care	22%	22%	21%	23%	21%	20%	23%	26%
Drugs and appliances	44%	43%	44%	46%	43%	44%	43%	43%
Psycho-social support services	18%	18%	18%	21%	16%	18%	19%	17%
Community-based care	25%	24%	25%	30%	24%	25%	23%	27%
Acute institutional care on an urgent basis	37%	35%	38%	44%	38%	38%	34%	33%
Acute institutional care on an elective basis	18%	15%	19%	19%	17%	19%	18%	20%
Long-term institutional care	9%	9%	9%	12%	9%	10%	7%	11%
Palliative care	27%	26%	27%	29%	26%	28%	25%	27%

Percent of physicians who rated access for patients in their community as very good or excellent.

	GP/FP	Med Spec	Surg Spec	Rural	Urban
Total	1736	1184	465	294	3091
Family physician	61%	48%	51%	60%	54%
Emergency room	58%	45%	52%	67%	51%
Specialist medical care	33%	36%	45%	28%	36%
Routine diagnostic services (e.g. lab, x-rays)	64%	54%	51%	62%	59%
Advanced diagnostic services (e.g. MRI)	10%	14%	16%	7%	13%
Rehabilitation/remedial care	24%	19%	22%	18%	22%
Drugs and appliances	47%	39%	41%	45%	43%
Psycho-social support services	18%	17%	20%	22%	17%
Community-based care	29%	18%	27%	36%	24%
Acute institutional care on an urgent basis	38%	35%	41%	47%	37%
Acute institutional care on an elective basis	19%	14%	24%	26%	17%
Long-term institutional care	11%	6%	9%	20%	8%
Palliative care	33%	18%	22%	38%	25%