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Table 2
Prevalence of reported need for and barriers to primary physician care for management of chronic condition, by number and type of chronic conditions, household population aged 40 or older,^Note † Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, 2012

Table 2
Prevalence of reported need for and barriers to primary physician care for management of chronic condition, by number and type of chronic conditions, household population aged 40 or older,† Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of reported need for and barriers to primary physician care for management of chronic condition Total, Number of chronic conditions, Type of chronic condition, One, Two or more, Diabetes, Other chronic condition, % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
	Total			One			Two or more			Diabetes			Other chronic condition
	Total			Number of chronic conditions						Type of chronic condition
	%	95% confidence interval		%	95% confidence interval		%	95% confidence interval		%	95% confidence interval		%	95% confidence interval
	%	from	to	%	from	to	%	from	to	%	from	to	%	from	to
Required family doctor/general practitioner care for chronic condition(s) in past year	78.1	74.8	81.5	74.8	70.4	79.2	85.3	81.2	89.3	84.5	80.0	89.0	75.9	71.7	80.1
Experienced difficulty getting primary care^Note ‡	9.5	6.7	12.3	10.6	6.7	14.6	7.3	4.2	10.4	15.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	9.1	22.5	7.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	4.3	9.7
Reason for difficulty^Note §
Difficulty contacting physician/getting appointment	53.9	38.6	69.2	59.9	40.3	79.5	37.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	17.8	56.8	34.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	11.7	57.7	70.5	54.8	86.2
Wait too long to get appointment	38.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	24.3	52.0	34.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	17.5	50.9	49.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	27.3	70.9	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	47.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	28.4	65.8
Wait too long in office	20.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	10.2	31.4	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	39.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	16.8	61.2	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	19.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	7.3	32.4
Other	31.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	15.9	47.8	36.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	15.8	57.7	F	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	27.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	11.4	42.9
... not applicable ^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note † Reported diagnosis of diabetes, heart disease, hypertension and/or stroke Return to note † referrer Note ‡ Respondents who needed family doctor/general practitioner care for chronic condition(s) in past 12 months Return to note ‡ referrer Note § respondents who experienced difficulty getting family doctor/general practitioner care for chronic condition(s) Return to note § referrer Note: Because respondents could report more than one reason for not receiving care, percentages sum to more than 100%. Source: 2012 Barriers to Care for People with Chronic Health Conditions Survey.

Date modified:: 2015-11-27