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) |
