Use of health care services by adults in Alberta, 2016/17
| Variable | Community-dwelling, no. (%)* | Long-term care residents n = 44 199 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall n = 3 840 527 | Residence | Age, yr | Sex | No. of ACSCs | |||||||
| Urban n = 3 264 235 | Rural n = 377 048 | 18–40 n = 1 664 530 | 41–65 n = 1 617 231 | > 65 n = 558 766 | Male n = 1 961 342 | Female n = 1 879 185 | 0 n = 2 774 814 | ≥ 1 n = 1 065 713 | |||
| Age, yr, median (IQR) | 43 (31–57) | 43 (31–57) | 45 (30–60) | 30 (24–34) | 51 (45–57) | 72 (68–79) | 43 (31–57) | 43 (31–58) | 37 (28–49) | 60 (49–70) | 79 (62–88) |
| Female sex | 1 879 185 (48.9) | 1 611 933 (49.4) | 184 876 (49.0) | 812 923 (48.8) | 775 091 (47.9) | 291 171 (52.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 879 185 (100.0) | 1 355 404 (48.8) | 523 781 (49.1) | 25 357 (57.4) |
| No. of comorbidities, median (IQR) | 0 (0–2) | 1 (0–2) | 1 (0–2) | 0 (0–1) | 1 (0–2) | 3 (1–4) | 0 (0–2) | 1 (0–2) | 0 (0–1) | 3 (2–4) | 6 (4–8) |
| Urban residence† | 3 264 235 (89.6) | 3 264 235 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 428 028 (89.9) | 1 371 563 (90.2) | 464 644 (87.4) | 1 652 302 (89.6) | 1 611 933 (89.7) | 2 330 393 (90.2) | 933 842 (88.3) | 38 674 (88.0) |
| Saw primary care physician in office setting | 2 620 547 (68.2) | 2 354 013 (72.1) | 264 572 (70.2) | 1 032 584 (62.0) | 1 136 067 (70.2) | 451 896 (80.9) | 1 199 365 (61.2) | 1 421 182 (75.6) | 1 684 849 (60.7) | 935 698 (87.8) | 33 037 (74.7) |
| Saw salaried specialist as outpatient | 173 541 (4.5) | 158 633 (4.9) | 14 878 (3.9) | 46 302 (2.8) | 77 135 (4.8) | 50 104 (9.0) | 75 608 (3.9) | 97 933 (5.2) | 71 407 (2.6) | 102 134 (9.6) | 5447 (12.3) |
| Saw FFS specialist as outpatient | 1 221 966 (31.8) | 1 108 923 (34.0) | 112 086 (29.7) | 371 194 (22.3) | 546 251 (33.8) | 304 521 (54.5) | 534 034 (27.2) | 687 932 (36.6) | 655 537 (23.6) | 566 429 (53.2) | 20 704 (46.8) |
| Saw any specialist as outpatient | 1 273 175 (33.2) | 1 154 894 (35.4) | 117 310 (31.1) | 389 028 (23.4) | 570 256 (35.3) | 313 891 (56.2) | 557 575 (28.4) | 715 600 (38.1) | 683 110 (24.6) | 590 065 (55.4) | 22 082 (50.0) |
| Had at least 1 medication dispensation | 2 313 406 (60.2) | 2 058 693 (63.1) | 252 755 (67.0) | 820 186 (49.3) | 1 047 437 (64.8) | 445 783 (79.8) | 1 047 875 (53.4) | 1 265 531 (67.3) | 1 388 384 (50.0) | 925 022 (86.8) | 36 653 (82.9) |
| Had at least 1 emergency department visit | 735 973 (19.2) | 613 342 (18.8) | 121 334 (32.2) | 313 954 (18.9) | 278 553 (17.2) | 143 466 (25.7) | 353 512 (18.0) | 382 461 (20.4) | 432 441 (15.6) | 303 532 (28.5) | 21 678 (49.0) |
| Had at least 1 hospital admission | 215 148 (5.6) | 184 571 (5.7) | 30 288 (8.0) | 83 562 (5.0) | 66 848 (4.1) | 64 738 (11.6) | 80 152 (4.1) | 134 996 (7.2) | 101 565 (3.7) | 113 583 (10.7) | 15 744 (35.6) |
| Admitted to academic centre | 47 642 (1.2) | 43 213 (1.3) | 4 354 (1.2) | 13 120 (0.8) | 18 020 (1.1) | 16 502 (3.0) | 22 828 (1.2) | 24 814 (1.3) | 17 975 (0.6) | 29 667 (2.8) | 4248 (9.6) |
| Pharmacist-delivered patient counselling or prescription modification | 169 243 (3.7) | 127 315 (3.5) | 41 928 (4.4) | 36 917 (2.4) | 65 716 (4.4) | 48 645 (8.5) | 73 820 (3.2) | 95 423 (4.2) | 167 894 (3.7) | 1349 (13.7) | NA |