Unmet Health Needs and Discrimination by Healthcare Providers among an Indigenous Population in Toronto, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George Tjensvoll Kitching
Michelle Firestone
Berit Schei
Sara Wolfe
Cheryllee Bourgeois ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 111, no. 1, February 2020, pp. 40-49
Description
Cross-sectional study draws on information from 836 participants who completed the Our Health Counts Toronto (OHCT) comprehensive health survey. Results indicate a 28.5% prevalence of discrimination by a healthcare provider and found it to be positively associated with unmet health needs (prevalence: 27.3%).