Table 3 Unmet healthcare needs, healthcare providers accessed and hospitalisations in the past 12-months.
Variable | Total (N = 1579) |
|---|---|
n (%) | |
Healthcare providers seen in the past 12-months (n = 1579) | |
General practitioner | 1213 (80) |
Pharmacist | 815 (54) |
Physiotherapist | 655 (43) |
Other specialist physician (e.g., surgeon) | 600 (39) |
Dentist | 586 (39) |
Occupational therapist | 570 (37) |
Rehabilitation specialist | 522 (34) |
Home healthcare worker | 483 (32) |
Nurse | 491 (32) |
Psychologist | 182 (12) |
Chiropractor or alternative medicine practitioner | 115 (8) |
Dietitian | 158 (10) |
Social worker | 144 (9) |
Other | 153 (10) |
No providers | 72 (5) |
Number of hospitalisations in the past 12-monthsa | |
No hospitalisations | 787 (55) |
1-2 hospitalisations | 489 (34) |
3 or more hospitalisations | 168 (12) |
Unmet healthcare needs in the past 12-monthsb (n = 254) | |
Could not afford the cost of visit | 77 (30) |
Service unavailability | 48 (19) |
Inadequate provider skill | 49 (19) |
Thought they were not sick enough | 45 (18) |
Inadequate provider drugs or equipment | 37 (15) |
Other reasons | 35 (14) |
Previous badly treated | 34 (13) |
Did not know where to go | 30 (12) |
Tried but were denied healthcare | 31 (12) |
Transport unavailability | 22 (9) |
Could not take time off work or other commitments | 21 (8) |
Could not afford transport | 13 (5) |
