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INDICATOR NAME
Name
Prescription medication insurance coverage
Alternate Name
Percentage of Ontarian, aged 12 to 64 years, who report having prescription medication insurance
 
INDICATOR DESCRIPTION
Description
This indicator reports the percentage of Ontarians aged 12 to 64 who report having prescription medication insurance.
Indicator Status
Active
HQO Reporting tool/product
Public reporting
Dimension
Equitable, Patient-centred
Type
Balancing
 
DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION
Unit of Measurement
Percentage
Calculation Methods
Numerator divided by the denominator times 100
Numerator including inclusion/exclusion

Respondents who report having prescription medication insurance (INS_Q005)

 Exclusions:

  1. Respondents age >=65 years
  2. Respondents who refused to answer

CCHS variable INS_Q005:

Do you have insurance that covers all or part of the cost of: your prescription medications?

     1: Yes

     2: No

     8: RF

     9: DK

Denominator including inclusion/exclusion
All respondents aged 12 to 64
Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- detailed

Direct adjustment (age) using 2011 Canadian Census population aged 12-64. Age groups are 12-17, 18-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+

Data Source
Canadian Community Heath Survey (CCHS)
Data provided to HQO by
Statistics Canada
Reported Levels of comparability /stratifications (defined)
Age, Education, Income, Province, Region, Rurality, Sex
 
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
Caveats and Limitations
Because of the significant changes to the survey methodology, Statistics Canada does not recommend making comparisons of the redesigned 2015 cycle of the CCHS with past cycles. As this indicator relies on self-reported data, the true rate might in fact be higher or lower. In addition, this survey excludes persons living on reserves and other Aboriginal settlements in the provinces; full-time members of the Canadian Forces; the institutionalized population, children aged 12-17 that are living in foster care, and persons living in the Quebec health regions of Région du Nunavik and Région des Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James, which will affect the representativeness of the sample and underestimation of the true rates. Altogether, these exclusions represent less than 3% of the Canadian population aged 12 and over.
Comments Detailed
A major redesign project that was completed and implemented for the 2015 cycle. The objectives of the redesign were to review the sampling methodology, adopt a new sample frame, modernize the content and review the target population. As a result of the redesign, the 2015 CCHS has a new collection strategy, is drawing the sample from two different frames and has undergone major content revisions. With all these factors taken together, caution should be taken when comparing data from previous cycles to data released for the 2015 cycle onwards. Education stratification analysis is restricted to 25 and older. Proportions and ratios are obtained by summing the final weights of records having the characteristic of the numerator and the denominator, and then dividing the first estimate by the second
 
TAGS
Sector
Primary Care
Type
Balancing
Topic
Health expenditure
Dimension
Equitable, Patient-centred
Source
Canadian Community Heath Survey (CCHS)
 
PUBLISH
Publish Datetime
01/11/2018 09:13:00