Table 3. Health Facilities Related Characteristics of Those Who Had Visited a Health Center in Case of Health Problems, Who Had Routine Check-up During the Previous Year, Who Had Refused to Visit a Health Center, and the Frequently Preferred Health Center (N = 507) .
| Health Facility Related Factors and Others Features | Visiting a Health Center in Case of Health Problem | Having a Routine Check-up During the Previous Year | Refusing to Visit a Health Center Although Feeling Ill During the Last 5 Years | Frequently Preferred Health Center | |
| Government | Private | ||||
| % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | |
| Health center | b | ns | c | c | c |
| Kyrenia | 82.2 (208) | 51.4 (130) | 5.5 (14) | 38.3 (97) | 61.7 (156) |
| Trenyolu | 72.4 (184) | 52.0 (132) | 18.9 (48) | 85.4 (217) | 14.6 (37) |
| Health insurance | ns | ns | ns | c | c |
| Government | 77.4 (154) | 53.8 (107) | 15.1 (30) | 79.4 (158) | 20.6 (41) |
| No insurance (OOP) | 77.1 (182) | 49.6 (117) | 10.6 (25) | 51.3 (121) | 48.7 (115) |
| Private | 77.5 (55) | 52.1 (37) | 9.9 (7) | 49.3 (35) | 50.7 (36) |
| The money spent for health for the last 3 months (TL) | ns | c | ns | c | c |
| None | 77.3 (167) | 40.7 (88) | 10.6 (23) | 65.7 (142) | 34.3 (74) |
| <500 | 74.9 (134) | 60.9 (109) | 13.4 (24) | 74.3 (133) | 25.7 (46) |
| ≥500 | 81.3 (91) | 58.0 (65) | 13.4 (15) | 34.8 (39) | 65.2 (73) |
| No. of household members | b | ns | a | a | a |
| ≤4 | 79.4 (351) | 53.2 (235) | 10.9 (48) | 60.0 (265) | 40.0 (177) |
| ≥5 | 62.5 (40) | 40.6 (26) | 21.9 (14) | 75.0 (48) | 25.0 (16) |
| Self-care problem | b,d | ns | ns | ns | ns |
| Yes | 38.5 (5) | 46.2 (6) | 23.1 (3) | 61.5 (8) | 38.5 (5) |
| No | 78.3 (387) | 51.8 (256) | 11.9 (59) | 61.9 (306) | 38.1 (155) |
Abbreviations: TRNC, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus; OOP, out-of-pocket; TL, Turkish Lira.
ns: non-significant (P > .05); aP < .05; bP < .01; cP < .001; d Fisher exact test.