This statistic depicts the percentage of Canadians that agreed that select health policies would improve access to health care in 2018. According to the survey results, 54 percent of respondents said that encouraging health professionals to work in teams would improve health care access in Canada.
Percentage of Canadian adults that believed select policies would improve health care access as of 2018
Characteristic
Percentage of respondents
Encouraging health professionals to work in teams with other types of health care providers
54%
Enabling health professionals (nurses and pharmacists) to expand roles re: diagnose, treat, prescribe medications, etc.
51%
Increasing medical and nursing school enrolment levels
47%
Making it easier for foreign trained doctors to practice in Canada
37%
Investing in formal training and development so health professionals are better equipped to coordinate patient care
28%
Recruiting health professionals back from the U.S.
25%
Mandating that designated health professionals work in underserviced rural and remote locations
23%
Requiring patients to register with one family doctor or other primary health care professional
Original question: "Which three policies would you say are the most important to increase access to health professionals? Please chose up to three options."
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McGill University, & HCIC. (August 22, 2018). Percentage of Canadian adults that believed select policies would improve health care access as of 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/935716/canadian-opinions-on-health-access-policies/
McGill University, und HCIC. "Percentage of Canadian adults that believed select policies would improve health care access as of 2018." Chart. August 22, 2018. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/935716/canadian-opinions-on-health-access-policies/
McGill University, HCIC. (2018). Percentage of Canadian adults that believed select policies would improve health care access as of 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/935716/canadian-opinions-on-health-access-policies/
McGill University, and HCIC. "Percentage of Canadian Adults That Believed Select Policies Would Improve Health Care Access as of 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Aug 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/935716/canadian-opinions-on-health-access-policies/
McGill University & HCIC, Percentage of Canadian adults that believed select policies would improve health care access as of 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/935716/canadian-opinions-on-health-access-policies/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Percentage of Canadian adults that believed select policies would improve health care access as of 2018 [Graph], McGill University, & HCIC, August 22, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/935716/canadian-opinions-on-health-access-policies/
