Table 2.
Characteristics of referrals
| CHARACTERISTIC | PROVINCE OR TERRITORY, N (%) | CANADA (N = 2060) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| |||||||||
| BC (N = 194) | NT (N = 101) | SK (N = 296) | MB (N = 175) | ON (N = 426) | QC (N = 99) | NB (N = 674) | NL (N = 95) | ||
| Urgent referral | |||||||||
| • No | 174 (89.7) | 92 (91.1) | 240 (81.1) | 159 (90.9) | 344 (80.8) | 80 (80.8) | 500 (74.2) | 82 (86.3) | 1671 (81.1) |
| • Unsure | 7 (3.6) | 1 (1.0) | 24 (8.1) | 7 (4.0) | 47 (11.0) | 9 (9.1) | 124 (18.4) | 0 (0.0) | 219 (10.6) |
| • Yes | 13 (6.7) | 8 (7.9) | 32 (10.8) | 9 (5.1) | 35 (8.2) | 10 (10.1) | 50 (7.4) | 13 (13.7) | 170 (8.3) |
| Patient sex | |||||||||
| • Female | 136 (70.1) | 64 (63.4) | 189 (63.9) | 81 (46.3) | 238 (55.9) | 60 (60.6) | 381 (56.5) | 66 (69.5) | 1215 (59.0) |
| • Male | 58 (29.9) | 37 (36.6) | 107 (36.2) | 94 (53.7) | 188 (44.1) | 39 (39.4) | 293 (43.5) | 29 (30.5) | 845 (41.0) |
| Patient age | |||||||||
| • Child (0–18 y) | 25 (12.9) | 9 (8.9) | 27 (9.1) | 6 (3.4) | 24 (5.6) | 16 (16.2) | 49 (7.3) | 7 (7.4) | 163 (7.9) |
| • Adult (19–64 y) | 133 (68.6) | 84 (83.1) | 205 (69.3) | 128 (73.1) | 247 (58.0) | 64 (64.6) | 423 (62.8) | 67 (70.5) | 1351 (65.6) |
| • Senior (≥ 65 y) | 36 (18.6) | 8 (7.9) | 64 (21.6) | 41 (23.4) | 155 (36.4) | 19 (19.2) | 202 (29.9) | 21 (22.1) | 546 (26.5) |
| Procedure | |||||||||
| • No | 172 (88.7) | 78 (77.2) | 228 (77.0) | 116 (66.3) | 260 (61.0) | 72 (72.7) | 416 (61.7) | 70 (73.7) | 1412 (68.5) |
| • Unsure | 14 (7.2) | 9 (8.9) | 28 (9.5) | 0 (0.0) | 44 (10.3) | 17 (17.2) | 125 (18.5) | 0 (0.0) | 237 (11.5) |
| • Yes | 8 (4.1) | 14 (13.9) | 40 (13.5) | 59 (33.7) | 122 (28.6) | 10 (10.1) | 133 (19.7) | 25 (26.3) | 411 (20.0) |