This statistic shows the percentage of Canadians over the age of 45, by education level, who over the past 12 months questioned their doctor's advice about medication being prescribed. It was found that 34 percent of post secondary school graduates had questioned doctor's advice about medication being prescribed, while only 29 percent of those with a high school and below high school education had.
Percentage of Canadians over the age of 45 who questioned doctor's medication advice as of 2016, by education level
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Original question: "Thinking about the times you have been to see a doctor over the past 12 months, have the following situations ever occurred? - You questioned the doctor's advice about the medication being prescribed."
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Ipsos. (July 13, 2016). Percentage of Canadians over the age of 45 who questioned doctor's medication advice as of 2016, by education level [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/580728/canadians-question-doctors-medication-advice/
Ipsos. "Percentage of Canadians over the age of 45 who questioned doctor's medication advice as of 2016, by education level." Chart. July 13, 2016. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/580728/canadians-question-doctors-medication-advice/
Ipsos. (2016). Percentage of Canadians over the age of 45 who questioned doctor's medication advice as of 2016, by education level. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/580728/canadians-question-doctors-medication-advice/
Ipsos. "Percentage of Canadians over The Age of 45 Who Questioned Doctor's Medication Advice as of 2016, by Education Level." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Jul 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/580728/canadians-question-doctors-medication-advice/
Ipsos, Percentage of Canadians over the age of 45 who questioned doctor's medication advice as of 2016, by education level Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/580728/canadians-question-doctors-medication-advice/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Percentage of Canadians over the age of 45 who questioned doctor's medication advice as of 2016, by education level [Graph], Ipsos, July 13, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/580728/canadians-question-doctors-medication-advice/
