Evolution of Experience of Care of Patients with and without Chronic Diseases following a Québec Primary Healthcare Reform

Table 5

Percentage (%) of users without a chronic disease according to selected characteristics, 2003–2005 and 2008–2010.

		2003–2005			2008–2010
		Control	Experimental		Control	Experimental
		()	()		()	()
Sex	Male	41.6	43.3	0.368	43.2	42.6	0.781
	Female	58.4	56.7		56.8	57.4
Age	18–29	26.5	25.5	0.587	15.1	12.4	0.050
	30–44	44.0	42.3	0.378	36.0	43.1	<0.001
	45–64	27.2	28.7	0.404	42.1	38.0	0.041
	65 or more	2.3	3.5	0.073	6.8	6.6	0.813
Level of education	No diploma	6.9	9.4	0.022	7.7	8.0	0.757
	High school diploma	31.4	35.0	0.047	28.5	27.2	0.481
	Collegial diploma	27.1	28.0	0.628	22.8	23.7	0.611
	University diploma	34.6	27.6	<0.001	41.0	41.1	0.971
Economic status	Lowest	9.4	8.2	0.297	6.9	7.4	0.652
	Medium-low	31.0	30.2	0.682	27.9	27.6	0.876
	Medium-high	33.4	34.0	0.718	35.2	34.8	0.805
	Highest	26.3	27.5	0.480	30.0	30.3	0.876
Immigration status	Born in Canada	77.2	84.2	<0.001	78.6	82.5	0.015
	Imm. <10 years	9.1	6.8	0.047	7.3	6.1	0.257
	Imm. ≥10 years	13.7	9.0	<0.001	14.2	11.4	0.042
Perceived health	Bad/average	7.2	6.5	0.473	5.2	6.7	0.107
	Good	22.8	22.7	0.944	23.5	24.2	0.701
	Very good	39.1	39.9	0.678	39.4	39.1	0.883
	Excellent	30.9	30.9	0.986	32.0	30.0	0.305

Difference of proportions test.