Type of health care encounter experienced in Canada in 2020

Published by
Conor Stewart,
Jul 1, 2021
As of August 2020, 61 percent of Canadians surveyed said that they had an in-person health care encounter to obtain a prescription from their health care provider, while in comparison 32 percent had obtained a prescription virtually. In general, Canadians still more often interact with health care services in-person in comparison to virtual services.

Share of people who had virtual and in-person health care encounters in the past 12 months in Canada as of 2020, by type of service

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Release date

December 2020

Region

Canada

Survey time period

August 13 to 31, 2020

Number of respondents

6,002 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Question worded in the source: In the past 12 months, please specify how many times you have done each of the following?

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