This statistic depicts the percentage of Canadians that avoided seeking care after using e-health services as of 2018. According to the data, 58 percent of those that avoided care avoided going to a walk-in clinic.
Percentage of Canadians that avoided receiving select types of care after using e-health services as of 2018
Characteristic
Percentage of respondents
Going to a walk-in clinic
58%
Going to the emergency department
38%
Visiting a specialist (at an outpatient/day clinic)
35%
Visiting a communicty health clinic
24%
Visiting a mental health clinic
12%
Visiting a doctor/receiving information from my doctor
Canadians who have accessed any digital health information/service in the past year and avoided seeking care
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Original question: "Have you experienced any of the following since accessing your health information online or using online digital services?/ What type of care did you avoid?"
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Canada Health Infoway. (December 10, 2018). Percentage of Canadians that avoided receiving select types of care after using e-health services as of 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/950786/care-avoidance-due-to-e-health-services-canada/
Canada Health Infoway. "Percentage of Canadians that avoided receiving select types of care after using e-health services as of 2018." Chart. December 10, 2018. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/950786/care-avoidance-due-to-e-health-services-canada/
Canada Health Infoway. (2018). Percentage of Canadians that avoided receiving select types of care after using e-health services as of 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/950786/care-avoidance-due-to-e-health-services-canada/
Canada Health Infoway. "Percentage of Canadians That Avoided Receiving Select Types of Care after Using E-health Services as of 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Dec 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/950786/care-avoidance-due-to-e-health-services-canada/
Canada Health Infoway, Percentage of Canadians that avoided receiving select types of care after using e-health services as of 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/950786/care-avoidance-due-to-e-health-services-canada/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Percentage of Canadians that avoided receiving select types of care after using e-health services as of 2018 [Graph], Canada Health Infoway, December 10, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/950786/care-avoidance-due-to-e-health-services-canada/
