Table 2.

Provincial percentage responses from the 2016 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Adult and the 2016 Canadian Community Health Survey.

Province	Same- or next-day access, %a	After-hours access, %b	Use of EDc for condition treatable at a regular place of medical care, %d	Has a regular health care provider, %e
British Columbia	44	27	36	83
Alberta	48	42	30	82
Saskatchewan	49	32	43	81
Manitoba	47	34	40	85
Ontario	44	40	44	90
New Brunswick	33	35	52	90
Nova Scotia	34	26	48	90
Prince Edward Island	30	25	60	89
Newfoundland and Labrador	34	16	49	90

^aSame- or next-day access: percentage of respondents who were able to get an appointment to see a doctor or a nurse the same or next day the last time they were sick.

^bAfter-hours access: percentage of respondents who thought it was very easy or somewhat easy to get medical care in the evenings, weekends, or holidays without going to the hospital ED.

^cED: emergency department.

^dUse of ED for condition treatable at a regular place of medical care: percentage of respondents who reported that the last time they went to the hospital ED, it was for a condition that they thought could have been treated by the doctors or staff at the place where they usually get medical care if they had been available.

^eHas a regular health care provider: percentage of respondents who have a regular health care provider (a health professional that one sees or talks to regularly when they need care or advice on health).