A quarter of Canadians over 45 experienced challenges accessing health-care services during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to survey results published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) this month.
respectively, according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information. Home and primary care services were also affected.
"Substantial unmet health-care needs were reported by Canadian adults during the first year of the pandemic," the authors wrote in thethat outlined the results of the survey. "The results of this study have important implications for health equity." "The literature has established that immigrants face unique difficulties accessing health care," the authors wrote, adding that Canadians who are not white are less likely to have a regular physician.
Respondents from Ontario were most likely to report challenges accessing health care and barriers to COVID-19 testing, while Quebec residents were most likely to not visit a hospital or doctor, and least likely to struggle with the other two outcomes. People with higher education levels were more likely to report facing challenges accessing health care, though the authors said this could be because they had better access to health care pre-pandemic than those with lower education levels, so their perception of disruption during the pandemic could have been greater.
The authors acknowledged admitted there were some limitations to their data. They issued their surveys to people already participating in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, a national long-term study of adults between 45 and 85 at the time of recruitment. However, it excludes residents of the three territories and First Nations reserves, Canadian Armed Forces members and people living in institutions.
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