Table 5 Use of health care services and unmet health needs
From: Risk of suicide in households threatened with eviction: the role of banks and social support
| Â | Suicide risk | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men n (%) | Women n (%) | Total n (%) | ||||||||||
No | Yes | Total | p | No | Yes | Total | p | No | Yes | Total | p | |
Use of health care services | ||||||||||||
ER visits (last year) | ||||||||||||
 No | 24 (57.1%) | 19 (50.0%) | 43 (53.8%) |  | 30 (49.2%) | 17 (32.7%) | 47 (41.6%) |  | 54 (52.4%) | 36 (40.0%) | 90 (46.6%) |  |
 Yes | 18 (42.9%) | 19 (50.0%) | 37 (46.3%) |  | 31 (50.8%) | 35 (67.3%) | 66 (58.4%) | †| 49 (47.6%) | 54 (60.0%) | 103 (53.4%) | †|
Primary care visits (last 2 weeks) | ||||||||||||
 No | 31 (73.8%) | 24 (66.7%) | 55 (70.5%) |  | 39 (63.9%) | 25 (48.1%) | 64 (56.6%) |  | 70 (68.0%) | 49 (55.7%) | 119 (62.3%) |  |
 Yes | 11 (26.2%) | 12 (33.3%) | 23 (29.5%) |  | 22 (36.1%) | 27 (51.9%) | 49 (43.4%) | †| 33 (32.0%) | 39 (44.3%) | 72 (37.7%) | †|
Type of health professional consulted (last 2 weeks) | ||||||||||||
 Physician | 9 (81.8%) | 8 (66.7%) | 17 (73.9%) |  | 14 (63.6%) | 19 (70.4%) | 33 (67.3%) |  | 23 (69.7%) | 27 (69.2%) | 50 (69.4%) |  |
 Psychologist | 1 (9.1%) | 3 (25%) | 4 (17.4%) |  | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (3.7%) | 1 (2.0%) |  | 1 (3.0%) | 4 (10.3%) | 5 (6.9%) |  |
 Other | 1 (9.1%) | 1 (8.3%) | 2 (8.7%) |  | 8 (36.4%) | 7 (25.9) | 15 (30.6%) |  | 9 (27.3%) | 8 (20.5%) | 17 (23.6%) |  |
Unmet health care needsa | ||||||||||||
 Physician | ||||||||||||
  No | 26 (61.9%) | 13 (35.1%) | 39 (49.4%) |  | 18 (29.0%) | 13 (25.0%) | 31 (27.2%) |  | 44 (42.3%) | 26 (29.2%) | 70 (36.3%) |  |
  Yes | 16 (38.1%) | 24 (64.9%) | 40 (50.6%) | * | 44 (71.0%) | 39 (75.0%) | 83 (72.8%) |  | 60 (57.7%) | 63 (70.2%) | 123 (63.7%) | †|
 Mental health | ||||||||||||
  No | 23 (54.8%) | 11 (28.9%) | 34 (42.5%) |  | 20 (32.3%) | 13 (24.5%) | 33 (28.7%) |  | 43 (41.3%) | 24 (26.4%) | 67 (34.4%) |  |
  Yes | 19 (45.2%) | 27 (71.1%) | 46 (57.5%) | * | 42 (67.7%) | 40 (75.5%) | 82 (71.3%) |  | 61 (58.7%) | 67 (73.6%) | 128 (65.6%) | * |