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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 6.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2020 Sep 18;34(10):452–459. doi: 10.1089/apc.2020.0074

Table 2.

Estimated prevalence of reasons* for not using patient navigation services among people with HIV with an unmet subjective need** for the service, United States, Medical Monitoring Project, 2015–2017

n Column%*** (95% CI)
Total 625 100
Because I didn’t have enough money or insurance 132 24.7 (18.8–30.6)
Because I couldn’t find the information I needed to get the service or didn’t know it existed 504 77.4 (72.4–82.4)
Because the service didn’t meet my needs or I wasn’t eligible for it 110 18.0 (13.4–22.7)
Because of personal reasons (I was afraid or embarrassed to get the service or I had other things going on…that made it difficult to get it) 135 24.0 (19.1–29.0)
*

Participants were able to report multiple reasons.

**

Unmet subjective need for patient navigation was defined as not getting patient navigation services despite reporting need for the service in the past 12 months, irrespective of viral load status (suppressed or unsuppressed).

***

Percentages are weighted percentages.