Table 2.
Specific service | WHES sample | Comparison service use | Difference in service use | |||||
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% who used service (n) | No. of visits | % unable to access (n) | Mean visits for users/ | % who used service | Rate of increased use in sample | |||
Mean | SD | Range | ||||||
General health | ||||||||
Family doctor/general practitioner | 56.3 (174) | 1.06 | 1.33 | 0–10 | 11.0 (34) | 0.35a | 3.8 | |
Walk-in clinic | 22.0 (68) | 0.42 | 1.04 | 0–10 | 2.6 %a | 8.5 | ||
Dentist | 21.4 (66) | 0.31 | 0.72 | 0–5 | 21.0 (65) | 0.12a | 2.6 | |
Emergency department | 13.9 (43) | 0.24 | 0.88 | 0–10 | 0.012a | 20.0 | ||
Public health nurse | 6.1 (19) | 0.20 | 1.79 | 0–30 | 1.0 (3) | 0.036a | 5.5 | |
Hospitalizations | 5.2 (16) | 0.32 | 2.20 | 0–30 | 0.03 nightsb | 10.7 | ||
Medical specialist | 15.5 (48) | 0.35 | 1.07 | 0–8 | 8.7 (27) | |||
Total | 77.3 (239) | |||||||
Mental health | ||||||||
Support group | 25.2 (78) | 1.28 | 3.80 | 0–30 | 6.1 (19) | |||
Psychiatrist | 13.6 (42) | 0.34 | 1.86 | 0–30 | 8.4 (26) | 0.19 %a | 71.6 | |
Social worker | 11.7 (36) | 0.24 | 0.81 | 0–6 | 1.3 (4) | 0.04 %a | 292 | |
Psychologist | 10.0 (31) | 0.23 | 0.96 | 0–12 | 11.3 (35) | 0.02b | 11.5 | |
Addictions counselor | 6.5 (20) | 0.19 | 1.03 | 0–14 | 1.0 (3) | 0.5 %c | 13 | |
Total | 42.7 (132) | |||||||
Social services | ||||||||
Food bank | 22.3 (69) | 0.37 | 0.86 | 0–4 | 4.9 (15) | 1.66 %d | 13.4 | |
Social assistance worker | 33.7 (104) | 0.29 | 0.43 | 0–1 | 4.3 %e | 7.8 | ||
Disability benefits worker | 11.3 (35) | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0–1 | 6.6 %f | 1.7 | ||
Social housing | 15.2 (47) | 0.15 | 0.36 | 0–1 | ||||
Child protection worker | 6.8 (21) | 0.15 | 0.81 | 0–8 | 1.0 (3) | 0.123 %g | 56.3 | |
Employment insurance | 9.1 (28) | 0.08 | 0.32 | 0–2 | 7.28 %h | 1.25 | ||
Total | 59.9 (185) | |||||||
Violence specific services | ||||||||
Woman abuse helpline | 11.0 (34) | 0.23 | 0.83 | 0–6 | ||||
Sexual assault/rape crisis centre | 3.2 (10) | 0.15 | 1.50 | 0–25 | ||||
Domestic violence (DV) advocacy/counseling | 33.0 (102) | 1.26 | 2.84 | 0–20 | ||||
DV shelter | 1.6 (5) | 0.26 | 2.50 | 0–30 | ||||
Transition home/2nd stage housing | 9.4 (28) | 2.46 | 0–30 | |||||
Total | 40.8 (126) | |||||||
Legal services | ||||||||
Legal aid | 10.7 (33) | 0.16 | 0.55 | 0–4 | 4.9 (15) | 0.02i | 8.0 | |
Police services | 13.9 (43) | 0.25 | 0.76 | 0–5 | 0.3 (1) | 0.46 %j | 30.2 | |
Victim services | 10.7 (33) | 0.21 | 0.80 | 0–8 | 2.3 (7) | |||
Total | 27.5 (85) |
aCanadian Community Health Survey (Statistics Canada 2005a)
bCanadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) 2005
cCanadian Addiction Survey (Canadian Executive Council on Addictions 2004)
dHunger Count Survey (Canadian Association of Food Banks 2005)
eGeneral Social Survey (Statistics Canada 2003)
fParticipation and Activity Limitation Survey (Statistics Canada 2006b)
gTrocomé et al. (2005)
hCANSIM (Statistics Canada 2007)
iLegal Aid Survey (Statistics Canada 2005b)
jGeneral Social Survey Cycle 23 - Victimization (Statistics Canada 2009)