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Table 2 Univariate comparisons of enabling characteristics, by primary and specialist health service use

From: Examining the relationship between health-related need and the receipt of care by participants experiencing homelessness and mental illness

Variable

 

Primary health service use

Specialist health service use

 

All N (%)

Low use (<3 visits) N (%)

High use (≥3 visits) N (%)

P value

Low use (<3 visits) N (%)

High use (≥3 visits) N (%)

P value

Regular Family Physician

320 (65)

241 (61)

79 (78)

0.002

277 (64)

43 (72)

0.217

Regular place to go for health care

394 (81)

304 (79)

90 (88)

0.031

341 (80)

54 (90)

0.053

Needed health care but didn’t receive it (past year)

209 (43)

155 (41)

54 (53)

0.026

189 (44)

20 (35)

0.154

Feelings about family in general

199 (43)

147 (41)

52 (54)

0.013

176 (43)

23 (40)

0.595

Feelings about things you do with other people

117 (25)

80 (21)

37 (37)

0.001

101 (24)

16 (27)

0.607

Feelings about amount of time spent with other people

151 (31)

116 (30)

35 (35)

0.341

138 (33)

13 (22)

0.119

Feelings about people seen socially

136 (28)

104 (27)

32 (32)

0.337

120 (28)

16 (27)

0.792

  1. Bolded p-values indicate significance at p ≤ 0.10.