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Table 4 Reasons for not using services among those reporting unmet need for inpatient care, number of samples and % (in parenthesis)

From: Prevalence and profiles of unmet healthcare need in Thailand

Reasons

National

Gender

Age

Area

Region

Asset index

Insurance

Male

Female

5-14 year

> 60 year

Urban

Rural

BKK

NE

Q1

Q5

CSMBS

UCS

Too far to travel

16

5

11

1

3

5

11

1

6

7

0

0

16

(17)

(8)

(22)

(49)

(9)

(6)

(27)

(5)

(57)

(13)

(0)

(0)

(20)

Cannot afford treatment

5

2

3

1

0

3

2

1

1

2

1

0

5

(17)

(14)

(18)

(30)

(0)

(12)

(21)

(4)

(3)

(31)

(4)

(0)

(19)

Not sure there are effective treatments

4

1

3

0

1

1

3

0

2

1

0

0

4

(6)

(11)

(3)

(0)

(3)

(8)

(3)

(0)

(5)

(2)

(0)

(0)

(6)

Bad impression of providers

3

0

3

0

1

0

3

0

1

2

0

0

3

(2)

(0)

(3)

(0)

(5)

(0)

(4)

(0)

(5)

(5)

(0)

(0)

(3)

No time to seek care

13

6

7

1

5

9

4

2

5

0

2

2

10

(17)

(23)

(14)

(21)

(16)

(31)

(5)

(23)

(20)

(0)

(24)

(38)

(11)

No accompanies

4

2

2

0

3

2

2

1

2

1

1

0

4

(10)

(4)

(12)

(0)

(42)

(19)

(1)

(57)

(7)

(22)

(6)

(0)

(11)

Cannot afford transportation

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

(0)

(0)

(0)

(0)

(0)

(0)

(0)

(0)

(0)

(0)

(0)

(0)

(0)

Other reasons

27

13

14

0

10

8

19

2

1

8

3

3

18

(31)

(39)

(27)

(0)

(26)

(23)

(38)

(10)

(3)

(28)

(66)

(62)

(29)

Total %

72

29

43

3

23

28

44

7

18

21

7

5

60

(100)

(100)

(100)

(100)

(100)

(100)

(100)

(100)

(100)

(100)

(100)

(100)

(100)

  1. Notes
  2. 1. The raw numbers of samples are provided, the percentage in parenthesis was calculated from weighted population representing the national figures.
  3. 2. p < 0.001 for all comparison categories, sample weight applied for the percentage in parenthesis.
  4. 3. BKK: Greater Bangkok, NE: Northeast region.