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Table 3 Proportion of the weighted CCHS sample, according to cost rank groups, using each health care service type

From: High-cost health care users in Ontario, Canada: demographic, socio-economic, and health status characteristics

 

Proportion of the population or cost-rank group using health care sector (%)

Sector

Overall % (95% CI)

Top 1% % (95% CI)

Top 2 - 5% % (95% CI)

Top 6 - 50% % (95% CI)

Bottom 50% % (95% CI)

Total population

N =28,529,265

N =285,255

N =1,141,128

N =12,839,271

N =28,529,265

Physician services

87.4 (87.0, 87.8)

100.0 (100, 100)

100.0 (99.9, 100)

99.7 (99.6, 99.9)

75.0 (74.3, 75.7)

Rehabilitation

24.2 (20.3, 28.1)

13.8 (11.2, 16.3)

2.6 (1.8, 3.3)

0

0

Long-term care

23.2 (18.9, 27.4)

14.1 (11.3, 17.0)

2.1 (1.3, 2.9)

0

0

Emergency Dpt.

21.4 (21.0, 21.8)

83.5 (79.8, 87.2)

66.1 (64.1, 68.2)

31.2 (30.5, 32.0)

7.8 (7.4, 8.1)

Non-Physician services

20.8 (20.4, 21.2)

36.2 (31.8, 40.6)

38.1 (36.1, 40.1)

28.6 (27.9, 29.3)

12.0 (11.5, 12.5)

Ontario Drug Benefit

20.1 (19.8, 20.3)

84.4 (80.6, 88.1)

70.7 (68.7, 72.7)

33.5 (32.9, 34.1)

2.7 (2.4, 2.9)

Complex continuing care

13.9 (11.2, 16.5)

10.1 (8.0, 12.3)

0.9 (0.5, 1.2)

0

0

Physician services - Capitation*

12.7 (12.4, 13.0)

14.4 (11.9, 16.9)

13.8 (12.5, 15.1)

13.6 (13.1, 14.0)

11.7 (11.3, 12.1)

Day surgery

9.7 (9.4, 10.0)

37.0 (32.1, 42.0)

36.8 (34.8, 38.8)

17.4 (16.8, 18.0)

0.1 (0, 0.1)

Acute hospital care

6.5 (6.3, 6.8)

92.0 (89.6, 94.3)

71.7 (69.7, 73.7)

6.1 (5.7, 6.5)

0

Home care

3.3 (3.2, 3.5)

68.0 (63.7, 72.4)

38.3 (36.2, 40.4)

2.5 (2.3, 2.7)

0

Any service

90.1 (89.8, 90.5)

100.0 (100, 100)

100.0 (100, 100)

100.0 (100, 100)

80.3 (79.6, 80.9)

  1. *In contrast to the typical fee-for-service billing system, physicians in the capitation system work in family health teams/organizations and receive a flat rate fee for each patient served regardless of the number or type of services provided.