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Database name:
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Health Services Access Survey 
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Thematic Coverage:
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This survey collected data on wait times for key diagnostic and treatment service and access to 24/7 first contact health services. It focused on two main topics: waiting for specialized services for a new illness or condition and access to basic health care.
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Maintained by:
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Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada
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Availability:
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Custom tabulations are available on a cost-recovery basis. This database can be linked to the Canadian Community Health Survey.
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Start Date:
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2001
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Release Date:
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Approximately 6 months after data collection period
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Frequency of collection:
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Occasional
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Data Collection:
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A sub-sample of the respondents to the Canadian Communities Health Survey. One person aged 15 years and older was asked to complete this survey for the household. Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) was used for data collection.
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Sample size:
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17 616
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Geographic coverage:
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All provinces, excluding residents of Territories, residents of institutions, residents on First Nation reserves and some remote areas of Ontario and Quebec. Three provinces paid to participate in this survey with representative sample sizes: PEI, Alberta, BC. Data was collected from the other jurisdictions provinces with smaller samples for the purposes of comparisons.
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Lowest geographic
level collected:
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Postal Code
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Lowest geographic
level of release:
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Province. Data is suppressed for unweighted cells with less than 30 observations. The stability of the provincial estimates does depend in part on the variable of interest.
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Existing rural variable:
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Yes
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Rural definitions that can be constructed from this database include (building block)*:
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Census "rural areas"
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(Enumeration Area)
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Rural and Small Town definition
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(Census Subdivision)
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Metropolitan area and census agglomeration Influenced Zones
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(Census Subdivision)
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OECD "rural communities" definition
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(Census Consolidated Subdivision)
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OECD "predominantly rural regions" definition
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(Census Division)
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Ehrensaft's "Beale codes"
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(Census Division)
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* Results for these areas of geography could conceivably be derived from postal codes if respondent confidentiality is ensured.
Data Elements:
Experience of respondents requiring: care from a medical specialist, non-emergency surgery, or diagnostic tests
- Waiting times to access
- Acceptability of waiting times
- Impact of the wait on the respondent
Experience of respondents in getting: health information or advice, health care services for routine or on-going care, immediate care for minor health problems and health care services in general
- Access to services at different times of the day
- Difficulties encountered in getting services
- Type of services required
- Where services were obtained
Notes:
For more information, contact the Data Access Unit, Population Health Surveys, Health Statistics Division at
cchs-escc@statcan.ca.
This area contains documents in Portable Document Format (PDF). To view documents in PDF, you will need the Adobe Acrobat® Reader, which can be downloaded from the Adobe website.
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