Table 3.
Correlation between Google Trends relative search frequency (average 2011-2018) and provincial percentage responses from the 2016 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Adult and the 2016 Canadian Community Health Survey.
| Correlations | Walk-in clinic | Emergency department | ||
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r | 95% CI | r | 95% CI |
| Same- or next-day access | 0.77 | 0.23 to 0.95 | −0.34 | −0.82 to 0.42 |
| After-hours access | 0.23 | −0.51 to 0.78 | −0.24 | −0.78 to 0.51 |
| Use of EDa for condition treatable at a regular place of medical care | −0.71 | −0.93 to −0.09 | 0.37 | −0.39 to 0.83 |
| Has a regular health care provider | −0.89 | −0.98 to −0.56 | 0.17 | −0.56 to 0.75 |
aED: emergency department.