Table 2.
Distributions of responses to questions concerning the satisfaction with treatment access among the foreign-born and the general population samples (n, %) (absolute counts, sample-weighted percentages)
| Question 1 | Question 2 | Question 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Response | Foreign-born | General population | Foreign-born | General population | Foreign-born | General population |
| (1) Always | 2282 (33.8) | 3456 (32.2) | 1813 (28.0) | 3119 (28.3) | 1987 (30.9) | 3293 (28.8) |
| (2) Most of the time | 1931 (29.0) | 4275 (35.5) | 1944 (27.9) | 4289 (35.0) | 1705 (24.7) | 3623 (29.4) |
| (3) Sometimes | 775 (12.3) | 931 (8.1) | 1130 (17.5) | 1454 (13.1) | 840 (13.3) | 1072 (9.0) |
| (4) Never | 154 (2.1) | 153 (1.2) | 290 (4.5) | 297 (2.9) | 286 (3.7) | 206 (2.2) |
| (5) Does not apply to me | 832 (13.9) | 2114 (18.2) | 799 (13.0) | 1788 (15.9) | 1118 (17.9) | 2741 (25.6) |
| Unanswered | 515 (8.8) | 449 (4.8) | 513 (9.0) | 431 (4.8) | 553 (9.4) | 443 (4.9) |
Question 1 = “I was able to contact the place of care smoothly”, Question 2 = “I was able to make an appointment without undue delay”, Question 3 = “I was examined without undue delay (eg. laboratory tests, X-ray, ultrasound)”