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Unmet need for health services by age and sex 2007-2021

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6/27/2022
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Results for unmet need for medical visits are not shown for the period 2004-2006 due to issues of comparability to later data.

Reason

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Below are listed the reasons people mentioned for not seeking a doctor or dentist even though they needed their service:
1: Could not afford
2: Waiting list
3: Did not have time because of work or personal matters
4: Too far to travel or lack of communication
5: Fear of dentists, doctors, hospitals, medical treatment or examination
6: Wanted to wait and see if the problem would go away
7: Did not know about a good doctor or specialist
8: Other reasons

Too expensive

People who did not seek a doctor or dentist even though they needed their service because it was too expensive.

Other reasons

Other reasons people mentioned for not seeking a doctor or dentist even though they needed their service:
Waiting list
Did not have time because of work or personal matters
Too far to travel or lack of communication
Fear of dentists, doctors, hospitals, medical treatment or examination
Wanted to wait and see if the problem would go away
Did not know about a good doctor or specialist
Other reasons

Unit

Proportion of individuals (%)

The results come from Statistics on Income and Living conditions survey (SILC). The general research unit in SILC is the household. The sample is drawn on a random basis from the National Registry of Persons. The selected respondent provides all information about the living conditions of the household, their own conditions and the conditions of all other household members. Here the analysis is based on the selected respondent.

Proportion lower bounds (%)

The results come from Statistics on Income and Living conditions survey that is based on a sample of the population and therefore there is uncertainty surrounding the results. To estimate this uncertainty confidence intervals are calculated. The confidence interval estimates how exactly the sample value represents the true value of the population. With 95% certainty the true estimate is contained within the upper and the lower bounds.
The 95% confidence interval used here does not fall below 0 and is assymmetrical, ie. the lower and upper bounds can be unequal.

Proportion upper bounds (%)

The results come from Statistics on Income and Living conditions survey that is based on a sample of the population and therefore there is uncertainty surrounding the results. To estimate this uncertainty confidence intervals are calculated. The confidence interval estimates how exactly the sample value represents the true value of the population. With 95% certainty the true estimate is contained within the upper and the lower bounds.
The 95% confidence interval used here does not fall below 0 and is assymmetrical, ie. the lower and upper bounds can be unequal.