This statistic shows the percentage of Canadians over the age of 45, by education level, who over the past 12 months questioned their doctor's advice about medication being prescribed. It was found that 34 percent of post secondary school graduates had questioned doctor's advice about medication being prescribed, while only 29 percent of those with a high school and below high school education had.
Percentage of Canadians over the age of 45 who questioned doctor's medication advice as of 2016, by education level
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Ipsos. (July 13, 2016). Percentage of Canadians over the age of 45 who questioned doctor's medication advice as of 2016, by education level [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/580728/canadians-question-doctors-medication-advice/
Ipsos. "Percentage of Canadians over the age of 45 who questioned doctor's medication advice as of 2016, by education level." Chart. July 13, 2016. Statista. Accessed May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/580728/canadians-question-doctors-medication-advice/
Ipsos. (2016). Percentage of Canadians over the age of 45 who questioned doctor's medication advice as of 2016, by education level. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/580728/canadians-question-doctors-medication-advice/
Ipsos. "Percentage of Canadians over The Age of 45 Who Questioned Doctor's Medication Advice as of 2016, by Education Level." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Jul 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/580728/canadians-question-doctors-medication-advice/
Ipsos, Percentage of Canadians over the age of 45 who questioned doctor's medication advice as of 2016, by education level Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/580728/canadians-question-doctors-medication-advice/ (last visited May 21, 2024)
Percentage of Canadians over the age of 45 who questioned doctor's medication advice as of 2016, by education level [Graph], Ipsos, July 13, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/580728/canadians-question-doctors-medication-advice/