Grading access to walk-in clinics, family doctor, ER services, diagnostic equipment, home health care services, mental health care services, services for children, seniors, services on evenings and week-ends

Outlook for health care improvement, Top health care issues that need to be addressed, Concern about the future of health care and the impact of the Baby Boom Generation, Agreement that as the population ages health care will cost more and that urgent change is required

Age groups thought to currently account for most of the Canada’s health care costs, Preferred options to fund health care changes, Anticipated impact on personal finances of health care costs, % likely to purchase health insurance, save specifically for health costs, Average amount currently spent out-of-pocket on health care

Includes: % of family doctors accepting new patients by location of medical graduation (Canadian, International), by patient care setting, by age group, by sex, rural and urban practices

ACCESSIBILITY - Influenza immunization [flu shot], Mammography, Pap smear, Regular medical doctor [family doctor]

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS - Second-hand smoke; exposure at home, in vehicles and/or public places

DEATHS - Infant mortality, Life expectancy at birth, Life expectancy at age 65, Colorectal cancer, Lung cancer, Breast cancer, Prostate cancer, Circulatory diseases, Ischaemic heart diseases, Cerebrovascular diseases, Pneumonia and influenza, Bronchitis; emphysema and asthma, Unintentional injuries, Suicides and self-inflicted injuries, Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease

PERSONAL RESOURCES - Sense of community belonging, Life satisfaction; satisfied or very satisfied

Outcomes of hospital care for heart attack and stroke, Return visits to the emergency department for children treated for asthma, Outcomes of care for people with chronic conditions

Outcomes of care for people with chronic conditions, Safety in long-term care, Drug safety in community-based care for the elderly

Patient experience, Patient satisfaction, Unnecessary tests before cataract surgery, Use of expensive drugs when lower-cost alternatives are available

Health-care spending, Investment in training health professionals, Use of information technology in acute-care hospitals

Includes: Physicians, Family Doctors, Specialist Physicians by sex, province/territory and age group

Clinical Specialists (Internal Medicine, Medical Genetics, Dermatology, Neurology, Pediatrics, Physical Medicine and Rehab. , Psychiatry, Community Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Occupational Medicine, Anesthesiology, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Radiation Oncology)

Laboratory Specialists (Medical Biochemistry, Medical Microbiology, General Pathology, Neuropathology, Hematological Pathology, Anatomical Pathology)

Surgical Specialists (General Surgery, Cardio and Thoracic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, Orthopedic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Urology)

Medical Scientists

In your opinion, how serious is each of these diseases or ailments?

% agree: The swine flu situation is being overblown by the media, The screening practices for swine flu at border crossings/airports are ineffective, The public is overreacting to the swine flu situation, Swine flu is not a problem in Canada at the moment

% worried that swine flu will become a serious problem in Canada, % confident that should the swine flu outbreak become pandemic, the government will provide all the needed antiviral vaccines to the general population in a timely and efficient manner.

Schools: quality, access and mobility: Are schools meeting Canadians’ expectations? How important are high-school programs that include work experience? Which subjects should be included in the compulsory curriculum? What kinds of extracurricular activities [out-of-school activities] do Canadian children participate in? (e.g. Sports, Art, Science, Social club) How well are Canada’s post-secondary institutions doing? Do all qualified students have the same opportunity to get a post-secondary education? How affordable is post-secondary education in Canada? How mobile are post-secondary students?

Work-related adult learning: How important is adult learning? How many Canadians take formal work-related training? What forms of employer support do Canadians receive for their formal work-related training? What factors prevent Canadians from taking formal work-related training? What factors would foster greater participation in formal work-related training? What forms of non-formal work-related learning do Canadians engage in? (e.g. E-learning, Reading or researching, Help from colleague)

Do you have a regular pharmacy that you visit most often to pick up prescription drugs? And when you visit your regular pharmacy, is it important to you to deal with the same individual pharmacist each time?

How often do you speak with a pharmacist, as opposed to a pharmacy technician, when you pick up your prescription medications?

% support the following new powers: Prescribing in short term emergency situations such as if someone runs out of medication on a weekend or lost their medication while traveling, Renewing prescriptions for patients on long term stable medications, for patients with serious conditions, for patients with deteriorating conditions, Switching to a different drug than the one a patient's doctor prescribed to treat the same illness, Altering the frequency or dosage of a prescription, Diagnosing a new illness and recommending a treatment plan including prescription medication.

Symptoms of opioid dependence observed by Ontario physicians - % reported using more than intended, needing a higher dose to obtain the same effect, being unsuccessful at cutting back, experiencing withdrawal when not taking any medication, and compulsive use despite harm, % of physicians often or occasionally receiving requests for additional opioid prescriptions because their patients have lost their prescriptions or need early refills.

% of Ontarians agree there is a shortage of family physicians in Ontario, % believe the shortage is very serious, % of Ontarians who are without a family physician have been forced to use walk-in clinics or overburdened emergency rooms at their local hospitals.

% feel not having a family doctor denies them important access to routine physical exams for preventative care, % of Ontarians without a family physician feel they cannot gain access to a specialist when they need one.

Includes: Grade the overall quality of health care services in Canada, Grade most recent experience with health care, Grade choice of health service in community, Grade cooperation among health professionals in their community.

Grade health care providers and their associations, Access to health care services (e.g. family doctor, emergency room services, medical specialists, clinics), Grade federal and provincial government performance on health care, % believe health care services will get better or worse in the next 2 years, % believe health care in Canada is centered around financial constraints.

Views on Mental Health Care in Canada - % believe that the number of people with mental illness will increase over the next ten years, Canadians were asked whether they feel several different conditions should be classified as serious mental illnesses, mental illnesses or not mental illnesses at all. (Schizophrenia, Anorexia, Bulimia, Depression, Autism, Drug addiction, Alcoholism, Panic and anxiety attacks, Gambling addiction, Burn out, Smoking)

% funding for mental health issues should be on par with funding for physical health issues, % believe some things that are described as mental illness give people an excuse for poor behaviour and personal failings, % would be fearful being around someone who has a serious mental illness.

Likelihood of interacting with people who have a mental illness or an addiction, Likelihood of telling friends, co-workers about Cancer, Diabetes or Mental Illness in the family.

Includes: Indicate the main reason(s) you selected your current work location, With whom do you regularly collaborate in providing patient care, How long would a patient wait until the first available appointment in your practice, To what extent is your practice accepting new patients, What do you see as major impediments to your delivery of care to your patients? What arrangements do you have for care of your patients in your MAIN patient care setting outside of your usual office hours?

Please indicate if the following are offered to your patients by yourself and/or others in your practice (Non-urgent health care, Acute health care, Emergency medicine, Alternative/complementary medicine, Anesthesia, Community medicine/public health services/health promotion, Cosmetic medicine (cosmetic surgery), Dermatology, Gynecology, Liaison to Homecare, Hospitalist care (most responsible physician for patients in hospital to whom you do not provide care post hospital discharge), Housecalls, Infectious disease care, In-patient hospital care, Intrapartum care, Legal/medico-legal consultations, Mental health care, Nutritional counselling, Occupational/industrial medicine, Pain management, Palliative care, Psychotherapy/counselling, Rehabilitation medicine, Sports medicine, Substance abuse care, Surgery, Surgical assisting, Travel/tropical medicine, Well child care)

Please estimate your average total number of on-call work hours PER MONTH, In the last year, approximately what proportion of your professional income did you receive from each of the following payment methods? (Fee-for-service, Salary, Capitation, Sessional/per diem/hourly, Service contract, Incentives and premiums) If you had a choice, how would you prefer to be paid for your services as a physician?

Factors increasing the demand for your time? What type of access do you have to the Internet in your MAIN patient care setting? Type of record keeping system in MAIN patient setting, Professional satisfaction

Results by FP/GP (Family physician / family doctor), Other specialist, Gender, Age group

Also covers Family medicine and Specialist residents, Medical students - demographics, experiences within your residency training, future practice/work setting, information technology (used electronic medical records, websites accesses for research clinical information, student debt / student loans.

Also includes data on Clinical specialists by specialty. (Anesthesiologists, Community Medicine Specialists, Dermatologists, Diagnostic Radiologists, Emergentologists, Medical Geneticists, Neurologists, Nuclear Medicine Specialists, Occupational Medicine Specialists, Pediatricians, Physiatrists, Psychiatrists, Radiation Oncologists)

Internal Medicine specialists and subspecialisits. (Cardiologists, Specialists in Endocrinology/Metabolism, Gastroenterologists, Geriatric Medicine Specialists, Hematologists, Clinical Immunologists/Allergists, General Internists, Medical Oncologists, Nephrologists, Respirologists, Rheumatologists)

Lab specialists by specialty. (Anatomical Pathologists, Hematological Pathologists, Medical Biochemists, General Pathologists, Medical Microbiologists & Infectious Disease Specialists, Neuropathologists)

% of doctors by age category, gender, % within certificate category (CFPC, GP (family doctor), RCPSC), Proportion of physician population within retirement age cohorts, Proportion of CFPCs and GPs accepting new patients

% say they would be more active if it didn't cause pain, % anticipate an increase in joint pain as they age, Top causes cited for increased joint pain

% of Canadians describe themselves as physically active by age group, province and gender, % that engage in various physical activities daily/weekly, once or more a month, never (Housework, Walking, Planned exercise - at home or at fitness club, Gardening, Sports, Running/jogging, Other)

Top reasons that keep Canadians from exercising, % of Canadians report Chronic joint pain, Recurrent joint pain, Acute joint pain, Have never experienced joint pain.

Impact of joint pain

Top reasons Canadians expect to be/not to be physical activity in 20 years, % are as physically active as they though they would be 20 years ago

% of Canadians with Chronic, Recurrent and Acute joint pain have sought medical help, First health care provider turned to (% reported: Family Doctors, Chiropractor, Physiotherapist, Massage therapist, Orthopedic surgeon, Osteopath, Naturopathic doctor), Types of medication used for joint pain, % of Canadians have no control over their joint pain

Includes: Distribution of household population aged 18 to 59, by gender, sexual identity, and selected socio-demographic and economic characteristics, Percentage consulting selected health care providers (Family doctor, Medical specialist, Nurse, Social worker or counsellor, Psychologist, Alternative Health care provider, Self-help group)

Percentage lacking regular doctor, reporting unmet health care need and using preventive screening (mammogram, pap test) by gender and sexual identity