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. 2022 Jul 19;9:878220. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.878220

Table 2.

Survey responses from 205 clients of low-cost veterinary clinic in Worcester, MA regarding factors affecting access to veterinary care pre-pandemic and during the pandemic (can answer more than once).

Variable freq. Percent freq. Percent
Pre-pandemic (n) During Pandemic (n)
Finances 115 42% 87 28%
Transportation 33 12% 20 6%
Client has a physical or mental health condition 29 10% 28 9%
Schedule 39 14% 123 40%
Difficult to get patient out of house 26 9% 15 5%
Other 2 1% 10 3%
Prefer not to answer 18 6% 12 4%
No problems 12 4% 11 4%
Covid fears N/A 5 2%