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Patient satisfaction with most recent family doctor or other physician care received in the past 12 months, by sex, household population aged 15 and over, Canada, provinces and territories, 2005


                                              Received family doctor or other physician care in the past 12 months Quality of family doctor or other physician care received rated as excellent or good Very or somewhat satisfied with family doctor or other physician care received
   number % number %
Canada 16,107,394 14,677,579 91.1 14,704,004 91.3
Males 7,148,211 6,528,225 91.3 6,570,962 91.9
Females 8,959,182 8,149,354 91.0 8,133,042 90.8
Newfoundland and Labrador 296,495 276,059 93.1 276,361 93.2
Males 137,048 125,339 91.5 126,464 92.3
Females 159,447 150,720 94.5 149,897 94.0
Prince Edward Island 80,974 75,207 92.9 75,179 92.8
Males 35,912 33,777 94.1 33,559 93.4
Females 45,062 41,430 91.9 41,620 92.4
Nova Scotia 533,666 506,443 94.9 504,566 94.5
Males 232,650 219,621 94.4 217,807 93.6
Females 301,016 286,822 95.3 286,759 95.3
New Brunswick 380,170 355,702 93.6 356,519 93.8
Males 164,034 155,592 94.9 155,998 95.1
Females 216,136 200,110 92.6 200,521 92.8
Quebec 3,524,737 3,238,100 91.9 3,233,187 91.7
Males 1,554,364 1,430,658 92.0 1,433,200 92.2
Females 1,970,373 1,807,442 91.7 1,799,987 91.4
Ontario 6,314,976 5,706,649 90.4 5,751,426 91.1
Males 2,783,661 2,504,923 90.0 2,561,653 92.0
Females 3,531,316 3,201,726 90.7 3,189,773 90.3
Manitoba 518,392 471,748 91.0 471,126 90.9
Males 225,086 211,971 94.2 209,358 93.0
Females 293,305 259,778 88.6 261,768 89.2
Saskatchewan 514,111 477,046 92.8 474,419 92.3
Males 230,860 214,490 92.9 215,335 93.3
Females 283,251 262,556 92.7 259,084 91.5
Alberta 1,554,906 1,434,367 92.2 1,417,800 91.2
Males 687,510 638,491 92.9 625,019 90.9
Females 867,396 795,876 91.8 792,782 91.4
British Columbia 2,351,851 2,104,246 89.5 2,111,014 89.8
Males 1,081,175 979,566 90.6 978,461 90.5
Females 1,270,676 1,124,680 88.5 1,132,553 89.1
Yukon Territory 14,483 12,831 88.6 13,101 90.5
Males 6,046 5,305 87.7 5,475 90.6
Females 8,437 7,526 89.2 7,626 90.4
Northwest Territories 18,155 15,397 84.8 15,256 84.0
Males 8,045 7,028 87.4 7,026 87.3
Females 10,110 8,369 82.8 8,230 81.4
Nunavut 4,478 3,784 84.5 4,049 90.4
Males 1,822 1,464 80.4 1,607 88.2
Females 2,656 2,320 87.3 2,443 92.0

1. Population aged 15 and over who reported receiving health care services from a family doctor, general practitioner or medical specialist during the past 12 months. This excludes services received during a hospital visit and refers to most recent care received from a physician.
2. Population who rate the quality of physician services received as excellent or good, based on the response to the following question: "Thinking of the most recent care received from a physician, how would you rate the quality of the care you received? Would you say it was excellent, good, fair or poor?"
3. Population who report being very or somewhat satisfied with health care services received, based on the response to the following question: "Thinking of the most recent care received from a physician, how satisfied were you with the way physician care was provided? Were you very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, somewhat dissatisfied or very dissatisfied?"
4. Canada and provincial estimates are based on sub-sample weights.
5. The total does not correspond to the sum of the categories published in this table.
6. When comparing estimates, it is important to use confidence intervals to determine if differences between values are statistically significant. Confidence intervals describe sampling variability and give an indication of the precision of a given estimate. Bootstrapping techniques were used to produce the coefficient of variation (CV) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
7. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) from 16.6% to 33.3% are identified as follows: (E) use with caution.
8. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) greater than 33.3% were suppressed due to extreme sampling variability and are identified as follows: (F) too unreliable to be published.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS 3.1), 2005 (CANSIM table 105-0282).