Table 3.

The Main Reasons for Not Seeing a Doctor Despite Medical Need Among Fee-for-Service Medicare Beneficiaries by Level of Care Need

	%
Reasons for not seeing a doctor despite medical need	Relativelyhealthy	Simple chronic	Multiple chronic	Major complex chronic	Frail	Non-elderly disabled
Did not think problem was serious	46.9	38.4	40.0	38.9	39.7	22.1
Thought it would cost too much	10.2	9.5	8.4	9.9	10.3	24.0
Trouble finding or getting to doctor	4.8	8.0	5.3	7.3	7.9	6.9
Time/schedule or personal conflicts	5.4	9.7	9.7	7.3	4.0	6.8
Thought doctor could not do much about problem	8.8	17.2	13.9	12.5	8.7	12.2
Was afraid of finding out what was wrong	4.1	3.8	7.2	5.9	11.1	10.3
Doctor would not accept insurance	2.0	0.4	0.7	1.3	0.0	3.9
Other	17.7	13.0	14.7	16.8	18.3	13.7

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