Primary care clients at Ontario community health centres: Characteristics and service use — Chartbook

Table of Contents

• Primary Care Clients at Ontario Community Health Centres: Characteristics and Service Use 1
• Table of contents 3
• About this chartbook 4
• CIHI’s Primary Health Care Database 5
• Alliance for Healthier Communities 5
• Primary care clients 6
• Data limitations 6
• Value of Alliance CHC data 7
• Section 1: Profile of primary care clients served by CHCs in Ontario 8
• Section 2: Services provided by CHCs in Ontario 16
• Section 3: Examination of ambulatory and acute care use 29
• Section 4: Use of the Ontario Drug Benefit program 38
• Future opportunities 45
• Methodology 46
• Appendices 56
• References 78