Table 2
Regular Force veteran and Canadian general population self-reported health service access and use rates, by sex

Table 2
Regular Force veteran and Canadian general population self-reported health service access and use rates, by sex
Table summary
This table displays the results of Regular Force veteran and Canadian general populationself-reported health service access and use rates. The information is grouped by In past 12 months (appearing as row headers), Males, Females, Veterans, Canadian comparator, % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
In past 12 months	Males						Females
	Veterans			Canadian comparator^{Table 2 Note ††}			Veterans			Canadian comparator^{Table 2 Note ††}
	%	95% confidence interval		%	95% confidence interval		%	95% confidence interval		%	95% confidence interval
	%	from	to	%	from	to	%	from	to	%	from	to
Has a regular medical doctor	82.3	80.0	84.3	81.5	80.8	82.2	86.9	80.9	91.2	88.9	88.3	89.5
Unmet health care need	9.9	8.4	11.6	9.9	9.1	10.7	16.2	11.7	22.0	13.4	12.6	14.2
Hospitalized	7.8	6.5	9.3	6.2	5.8	6.6	7.7	4.8	12.2	8.2	7.8	8.6
Consultation for any health care reason
Family doctor	70.9	68.3	73.4	71.7	70.9	72.5	81.0	74.6	86.1	82.1	81.4	82.8
Any other medical doctor or specialist	33.4	31.0	35.8	27.8	27.1	28.5	46.8	39.7	54.1	37.9	37.2	38.6
Eye specialist^{Table 2 Note ‡}	39.6	37.1	42.4	35.3	34.5	36.1	51.5	44.3	58.7	41.8	41.0	42.6
Nurse	13.8	12.1	15.7	10.4	9.9	10.9	14.9	10.7	20.6	13.6	13.1	14.1
Dental professional	70.2	67.6	72.6	64.9	64.1	65.7	81.6	75.4	86.5	71.8	71.1	72.5
Audiologist, or speech or occupational therapist	11.1	9.6	12.7	3.9	2.5	5.3	15.9	11.0	22.4	4.3	2.9	5.7
Consultation for mental health
Any health professional	23.1	21.0	25.5	9.3	8.7	9.9	31.4	25.1	38.4	17.5	16.8	18.2
Family doctor	8.7	7.4	10.3	4.9	4.5	5.3	17.2	12.1	23.9	9.9	9.4	10.4
Psychiatrist	6.4	5.3	7.7	2.0	1.7	2.3	9.3	5.8	14.6	3.3	3.0	3.6
Psychologist	12.6	10.9	14.5	2.1	1.8	2.4	12.4	8.5	17.7	3.9	3.5	4.3
Nurse	1.0	0.6	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.6	2.3	1.1	7.8	0.8	0.6	1.0
Social worker or counsellor	3.0	2.3	3.9	1.9	1.6	2.2	4.1	2.5	6.6	3.6	3.3	3.9
Note ‡ Refers to opthamologist and optometrist Return to note ‡ referrer Note †† Canadian comparator rates are age-standardized to the veteran population. Return to note †† referrer Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Life After Service Survey for veterans, 2016 Canadian Community Health Survey for the Canadian population with the exception of unmet need which was from the 2013 Canadian Community Health Survey.

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