Visits-to-walk-in-clinics - Health Quality Ontario (HQO)

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INDICATOR NAME

Name

Visits to walk in clinics

Alternate Name

Percentage of people aged 16 and older who reported that they visited a walk-in clinic when sick in the past 12 months

INDICATOR DESCRIPTION

Description

Percentage of people aged 16 and older who reported that they visited a walk-in clinic when sick in the past 12 months

Indicator Status

Active

HQO Reporting tool/product

Public reporting

Dimension

Effective, Patient-centred

Type

Process

DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION

Unit of Measurement

Percentage

Calculation Methods

Numerator divided by denominator times 100

Numerator including inclusion/exclusion

Weighted number of survey respondents that reported that they visited a walk-in clinic when sick in the past 12 months.

Have you been to a walk in clinic because you were sick or for a health related problem in the 12 months?

yes

don't know

refused

Denominator including inclusion/exclusion

Weighted number of survey respondents

Excludes:

Respondents who answered "don't know" or "refused"

Data Source

Health Care Experience Survey (HCES)

Data provided to HQO by

Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC)

Reported Levels of comparability /stratifications (defined)

Age, Education, Immigration, Income, Language, Region, Rurality, Sex

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Caveats and Limitations

Only people aged 16 years and older can complete the survey People living in institutions, in households without telephones, and those with invalid/missing household addresses in the Registered Persons Database (RPDB) are excluded. Respondents who were unable to speak English or French or were not healthy enough (physically or mentally) to complete the interview were not surveyed. Respondents that were away; had non-residential numbers; out-of-service numbers were not included as well.

Comments Detailed

The results are weighted to account for the design characteristics of the survey and post-stratified by age and sex to reflect the Ontario population. After the regional and community weighting is applied. In the Measuring Up report the international and provincial comparisons are reported as well. The education stratification analysis is done among those aged 25 and older. Urban/rural status is defined using Statistics Canada's Statistical Area Classification. Household income analysis does not consider the household composition.

Footnotes

1.In Ontario, do walk-in clinics complement—or compete with—primary care?http://healthydebate.ca/2018/04/topic/ontario-walk-in-clinics 2. Walk-in primary medical care centres: lessons from Canada