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Table 3 Reasons for non-use of health services when needed (%)

From: The impact of different benefit packages of Medical Financial Assistance Scheme on health service utilization of poor population in Rural China

Reasons

Non-user of out-patient services

(N = 56)

Non-user of in-patient services

(n = 167)

 

N

%

N

%

Financial difficulties

45

80

1

92

Inconvenient

3

5

4

28

movement, without

    

accompaniment

    

Poor transportation and

6

11

1

10

remote distance

    

Without effective

2

4

1

7

medical treatment

    

Low medical quality

--

--

2

1

Illness not serious

8

14

--

--

Others

3

5

9

5

  1. Note: Reasons for non-use of health services could be chosen by multiple choices