Table 4
Health care use by hospital admission status, household population 12 to 74 with ambulatory care sensitive conditions, Canada excluding Quebec, 2000/2001

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  At least one avoidable hospitalization (n=840) At least one non-avoidable hospitalization (n=4,149) No hospitalization (n=11,942)
Number '000 Age-sex adjusted weighted estimate Number '000 Age-sex adjusted weighted estimate Number '000 Age-sex adjusted weighted estimate
% 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Have regular medical doctor
Yes 157 98.3 97.0 99.0 873 95.6* 94.4 96.5 2,957 93.9* 93.3 94.5
No 4 1.7E 1.0 3.0 32 4.4* 3.5 5.6 207 6.1* 5.5 6.7
Contacts with family doctor in past 12 months
None 7 4.3E 2.5 7.4 54 6.5 5.4 7.8 286 8.7* 7.9 9.6
One to three 39 26.0 20.7 32.0 266 30.5 27.9 33.2 1,332 41.3* 40.0 42.7
Four or more 115 69.6 63.4 75.1 583 62.8 59.9 65.5 1,544 49.9* 48.5 51.2
Contacts with specialists in past 12 months
None 64 39.8 34.4 45.5 463 52.3* 49.8 54.7 2,059 64.7* 63.3 66.0
One to three 60 35.7 30.0 41.9 287 30.8 28.5 33.1 836 26.8* 25.6 28.1
Four or more 37 24.4 19.3 30.4 154 16.9* 15.1 18.8 267 8.5* 7.7 9.3
Overnight hospital stay in past 12 months
Yes 62 40.9 35.0 47.0 174 19.0* 17.1 21.0 276 8.9* 8.2 9.7
No 99 58.8 52.7 64.7 730 80.8* 78.8 82.7 2,888 91.1* 90.3 91.8
At least one unmet health care need in past 12 months
Yes 29 20.1 15.9 25.1 152 17.9 16.1 19.8 479 14.6* 13.7 15.6
No 132 79.9 74.9 84.1 753 82.1 80.1 83.8 2,686 85.4* 84.4 86.3
* significantly different from estimate for those with at least one avoidable hospitalization (p<0.05)
E use with caution
Notes: Ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) are asthma, emphysema/COPD, diabetes, epilepsy, heart disease and high blood pressure (n=16,931). Age-sex standardized to ACSC population aged 12 to 74, unless otherwise specified.
Source: 2000/2001 Canadian Community Health Survey; 2000/2001 to 2004/2005 Hospital Person-Oriented Information.
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