Table 1.
Distribution of private clinics and their key features by provincea (n [%])
| Feature | Provincea | Total(N) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BC | AB | ON | QC | NS | NFLD | ||
| Private clinics | 13 (15.7) | 14 (16.9) | 24 (28.9) | 30 (36.1) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.2) | 83 |
| Number of physicians | 56 (20.5) | 71 (26.0) | 76 (27.8) | 66 (24.2) | 4 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 273 |
| Number of physicians per capita (Statistics Canada 2020)b | 1.09 | 1.60 | 0.52 | 0.77 | 0.41 | 0 | |
| CMA | 13 (16.0) | 12 (14.8) | 24 (29.6) | 30 (37.0) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.2) | 81 |
| CA | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 |
| Non-CMA/Non-CA | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 |
| Fee schedule present | Fee schedule present 8 (26.7) | 5 (16.7) | 5 (16.7) | 12 (40.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 30 |
| Private payment only | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 |
| Public insurance plus private payment | 8 (36.4) | 7 (31.8) | 5 (22.7) | 2 (9.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 22 |
| Membership optionsc | 10 (23.3) | 8 (18.6) | 9 (20.9) | 14 (32.6) | 1 (2.3) | 1 (2.3) | 43 |
| Membership Costs (C$)d (Median[SD]) | 1,950 (1,289.4) | 3,150 (1,702.9) | 1,199 (1,709.3) | ||||
| E-health options | 7 (20.0) | 4 (11.4) | 10 (28.6) | 12 (34.3) | 1 (2.9) | 1 (2.9) | 35 |
| Chain locations | 4 (8.3) | 6 (12.5) | 14 (29.2) | 23 (47.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.1) | 48 |
Provinces and territories with no clinics (Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut) were excluded from the Table.
Per 100,000 population.
Membership options listed for all available packages.
Median membership costs are obtained from all prices listed for full-membership packages (excluding bonus or add-on packages and packages for common uninsured services) (Polyclinic 2020; ; Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec 2020; New Brunswick Medical Society 2019; Nova Scotia Medical Services Insurance 2014) offered for individual adults. Number of clinics included in median and standard deviation calculations, n = 14.
BC = British Columbia; AB = Alberta; ON = Ontario; QC = Quebec; NS = Nova Scotia; NFLD = Newfoundland and Labrador.