Rate of persons with at least one office visit to orthopaedic surgeons and with at least one orthopaedic surgery for musculoskeletal disorders, Ontario: 2007–2008*
| Office visits | Surgery | |
|---|---|---|
| Individual-level indicators | ||
| Sex | ||
| Women | 50.3 | 13.6 |
| Men | 44.5 | 12.8 |
| Age groups | ||
| 18–24 | 22.1 | 5.5 |
| 25–34 | 20.7 | 5.3 |
| 35–44 | 28.5 | 7.5 |
| 45–54 | 48.2 | 13.6 |
| 55–64 | 72.3 | 20.9 |
| 65–74 | 91.4 | 25.8 |
| 75+ | 98.2 | 28.3 |
| Area-level indicators | ||
| Access to PCP | ||
| Quintile I (lowest) | 42.6 | 11.4 |
| Quintile II | 49.4 | 13.8 |
| Quintile III | 51.7 | 14.4 |
| Quintile IV | 50.1 | 13.9 |
| Quintile V (highest) | 46.3 | 14.3 |
| Geographic availability of orthopaedic surgeons | ||
| Quintile I (lowest) | 52.7 | 14.1 |
| Quintile II | 44.0 | 12.3 |
| Quintile III | 45.1 | 12.4 |
| Quintile IV | 49.9 | 15.1 |
| Quintile V (highest) | 50.9 | 17.0 |
| SES | ||
| Quintile I (lowest) | 43.2 | 11.7 |
| Quintile II | 42.4 | 12.0 |
| Quintile III | 51.6 | 14.5 |
| Quintile IV | 53.6 | 14.6 |
| Quintile V (highest) | 51.0 | 14.7 |
| Proportion of population ≥65 years | ||
| Quintile I (lowest) | 39.3 | 10.8 |
| Quintile II | 42.4 | 11.4 |
| Quintile III | 51.7 | 14.2 |
| Quintile IV | 55.8 | 15.7 |
| Quintile V (highest) | 54.9 | 16.6 |
| Proportion of rural population (%) | ||
| <15 | 43.8 | 11.5 |
| 15–50 | 53.1 | 15.7 |
| >50 | 55.5 | 17.1 |
*Rates expressed per 1000 population.
PCP, primary care physicians; SES, socioeconomic status.