Table 1.
Ontario Telemedicine Network Facilitated Patient Visits Recorded in the Provincial Medical Services Database by Fiscal Year
| FISCAL YEAR | RURAL NORTH (N = 132 CSDs) | URBAN NORTH (N = 25 CSDs) | RURAL SOUTH (N = 159 CSDs) | URBAN SOUTH (N = 110 CSDs) | MISSING PATIENT LOCATION | TOTAL COMPLETED PATIENT VISITS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/2009 | 12,525 (45.7%) | 8,121 (29.6%) | 2,487 (9.1%) | 3,189 (11.6%) | 1,087 (4.0%) | 27,409 (100%) |
| 2009/2010 | 15,445 (39.3%) | 9,697 (24.7%) | 3,859 (9.8%) | 8,488 (21.6%) | 1,780 (4.5%) | 39,269 (100%) |
| 2010/2011 | 18,350 (31.7%) | 11,443 (19.8%) | 5,836 (10.1%) | 19,190 (33.2%) | 3,050 (5.3%) | 57,869 (100%) |
| 2011/2012 | 26,329 (22.3%) | 23,715 (20.1%) | 9,931 (8.4%) | 50,457 (42.7%) | 7,642 (6.5%) | 118,074 (100%) |
| 2012/2013 | 33,229 (17.6%) | 38,162 (20.3%) | 17,429 (9.3%) | 89,013 (47.3%) | 10,530 (5.6%) | 188,363 (100%) |
| 2013/2014 | 35,935 (16.2%) | 50,302 (22.7%) | 21,423 (9.7%) | 105,268 (47.6%) | 8,425 (3.8%) | 221,353 (100%) |
| Total | 141,813 (21.7%) | 141,440 (21.7%) | 60,965 (9.3%) | 275,605 (42.2%) | 32,514 (5.0%) | 652,337 (100%) |
Data are number (%) of visits. Excluded are 78,708 missed appointments and 1,343 appointments dropped for technical reasons.
CSD, census subdivision.