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

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 (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)

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

Denominator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)

Weighted number of survey respondents

Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- generalized

None

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 Summary

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.