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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Jan 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Community Health. 2000 Feb;25(1):35–46. doi: 10.1023/a:1005188801228

TABLE 2.

Use of and Barriers to Medical Care by Health Status

Question (%) Health Status (Mean, (SD))
Have you visited a doctor in the last 12 months? (N = 70)
 Yes 46 7.0 (2.3)
 No 54 7.8 (2.0)
Have you ever felt you needed to see a doctor but did not go? (N = 70)
 No 41 8.0 (2.0)
 Yes 58 7.0 (2.2)
 If Yes, why didn’t you go?
 Costs too much 58 6.8 (2.4)
  Hours were not convenient 10 7.5 (2.4)
  Did not know where to go 8 7.8 (0.5)
  Long waiting time 8 7.5 (3.1)
  Lack of transportation 6 8.0 (0.0)
  Language barrier 6 7.7 (0.6)
  Needed child-care 4 7.5 (0.7)