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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Emerg Care. 2012 Oct;28(10):977–984. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31826c9aab

Table 4.

Perceived Access to Care and Ability to Navigate Healthcare System

N (%)*
Confidence in calling PCP for medical advice (N=96) Not at all confident 15 (16)
Slightly confident 20 (21)
Confident 23 (24)
Very confident 19 (20)
Extremely confident 19 (20)
Confidence in being able to make medical appointments for child (N=102) Not at all confident 12 (12)
Slightly confident 5 (5)
Confident 28 (27)
Very confident 23 (22)
Extremely confident 34 (33)
Confidence in asking doctors or providers questions about the child’s health and condition (N=100) Not at all confident 3 (3)
Slightly confident 2 (2)
Confident 12 (14)
Very confident 32 (31)
Extremely confident 51 (50)
Confident in being able to talk with someone from your health insurance about benefits and services (N=97) Not at all confident 12 (12)
Slightly confident 16 (16)
Confident 18 (18)
Very confident 21 (21)
Extremely confident 30 (31)
Child’s PCP speaks preferred language (N=97) Yes 90 (93)
No 7 (7)
Understand medical information PCP gives about child’s health (N=97) Not at all 2 (2)
A little 6 (6)
Somewhat 12 (12)
Completely 77 79)
*

Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding