Table 2.
Health literacy
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Low | Adequate | p value | |
Fraction of participants who reported delaying or not obtaining care…
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…for any reason | 31.86% | 22.98% | <0.001 |
…because of cost | 12.77% | 7.99% | <0.001 |
…for a reason other than cost | 26.19% | 18.32% | <0.001 |
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Among those who delayed or did not obtain care, the fraction who reported each of the following reasons:
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Could not afford it | 40.09% | 34.75% | 0.091 |
I am too busy to go to the doctor | 10.61% | 24.34% | <0.001 |
I don’t like going to the doctor | 27.84% | 22.82% | 0.153 |
I couldn’t get an appointment soon enough | 18.62% | 19.38% | 0.790 |
I am afraid of what I might find out | 14.37% | 9.41% | 0.040 |
Once I get there, I have to wait too long | 17.63% | 10.99% | 0.005 |
I didn’t have transportation | 16.88% | 6.21% | <0.001 |
The clinic wasn’t open when I could get there | 5.84% | 6.42% | 0.690 |
I couldn’t get through on the telephone | 8.77% | 7.22% | 0.413 |
I don’t believe in going to doctors | 2.98% | 2.97% | 0.988 |
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Unweighted n: all participants | 1,921 | 5,221 | |
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Unweighted n: participants reporting delayed/foregone care | 590 | 1,146 |
Notes. Percentages are weighted. The p value reported in the final column is associated with a test of the null hypothesis that the outcome reported in that row is the same for individuals with low versus adequate health literacy.