A new report indicates that one in seven emergency room visits in Canada could have been managed through primary care, highlighting issues with access to family doctors and other primary care providers.
1 in 7 ER visits in Canada are for conditions that could have been managed in primary care : report | CBC News LoadedLack of access to family doctors and other primary care providers leaves more Canadians with no option than to go to the emergency department for care, new data suggests.Parents of young children are really struggling to get care when they need it, a new report suggests, based on how often they visit the emergency department for something that could be handled by a family doctor.
Sunita Karmakar-Hore, CIHI's manager of health system performance reporting in Toronto, said people who report that they don't have access to a doctor at a walk-in clinic or their own family doctor have slightly more visits to the emergency department for primary care conditions during weekdays. Conditions can escalate quickly in younger age groups, Karmakar-Hore said, and parents are often forced to turn to the emergency department for their children.
Overall, Mackay said it's important to recognize that the challenges in emergency medicine and in primary care overlap.Staffing shortages and a surge in respiratory illnesses are putting pressure on Canada's emergency rooms, and experts are urging people to update their vaccinations.
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