Use of health care services by adults in Alberta, 2002/03
| Variable | Community-dwelling, no. (%)* | Long-term care residents, no. (%)* n = 25 853 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall n = 2 660 947 | Residence | Age, yr | Sex | No. of ACSCs | |||||||
| Urban n = 2 206 514 | Rural n = 295 685 | 18–40 n = 1 251 465 | 41–65 n = 1 086 555 | > 65 n = 322 927 | Male n = 1 353 551 | Female n = 1 307 396 | 0 n = 2 113 374 | ≥ 1 n = 547 573 | |||
| Age, yr, median (IQR) | 41 (29–53) | 41 (29–53) | 43 (31–56) | 28 (23–34) | 49 (44–55) | 73 (69–79) | 40 (29–52) | 41 (29–54) | 37 (27–47) | 60 (48–71) | 82 (73–88) |
| Female sex | 1 307 396 (49.1) | 1 099 863 (49.8) | 142 766 (48.3) | 601 486 (48.1) | 529 133 (48.7) | 176 777 (54.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 307 396 (100.0) | 1 020 754 (48.3) | 286 642 (52.3) | 16 743 (64.8) |
| No. of comorbidities, median (IQR) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 1 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 1 (0–1) | 2 (1–3) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 2 (1–3) | 4 (3–6) |
| Urban residence† | 2 206 514 (88.2) | 2 206 514 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 024 656 (89.1) | 911 686 (87.6) | 270 172 (87.0) | 1 106 651 (87.9) | 1 099 863 (88.5) | 1 736 468 (88.6) | 470 046 (86.8) | 23 338 (90.9) |
| Saw primary care physician in office setting | 1 883 353 (70.8) | 1 661 432 (75.3) | 215 357 (72.8) | 796 915 (63.7) | 807 792 (74.3) | 278 646 (86.3) | 833 798 (61.6) | 1 049 555 (80.3) | 1 377 949 (65.2) | 505 404 (92.3) | 11 452 (44.3) |
| Saw salaried specialist as outpatient | 58 979 (2.2) | 52 898 (2.4) | 5914 (2.0) | 15 459 (1.2) | 26 622 (2.5) | 16 898 (5.2) | 26 204 (1.9) | 32 775 (2.5) | 29 217 (1.4) | 29 762 (5.4) | 1069 (4.1) |
| Saw FFS specialist as outpatient | 838 916 (31.5) | 759 658 (34.4) | 77 230 (26.1) | 268 626 (21.5) | 384 902 (35.4) | 185 388 (57.4) | 344 465 (25.4) | 494 451 (37.8) | 529 599 (25.1) | 309 317 (56.5) | 10 780 (41.7) |
| Saw any specialist as outpatient | 849 668 (31.9) | 768 955 (34.8) | 78 584 (26.6) | 272 436 (21.8) | 389 988 (35.9) | 187 244 (58.0) | 350 055 (25.9) | 499 613 (38.2) | 536 064 (25.4) | 313 604 (57.3) | 10 917 (42.2) |
| Had at least 1 emergency department visit | 549 039 (20.6) | 450 325 (20.4) | 97 354 (32.9) | 259 600 (20.7) | 199 755 (18.4) | 89 684 (27.8) | 273 085 (20.2) | 275 954 (21.1) | 375 784 (17.8) | 173 255 (31.6) | 11 586 (44.8) |
| Had at least 1 hospital admission‡ | 173 179 (6.5) | 144 560 (6.6) | 28 436 (9.6) | 70 102 (5.6) | 54 580 (5.0) | 48 497 (15.0) | 64 116 (4.7) | 109 063 (8.3) | 92 465 (4.4) | 80 714 (14.7) | 9127 (35.3) |