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Table 3 Self-reported main reasons for not seeking health care among migrant workers when fallen ill in Beijing (n = 732)

From: Factors associated with health-seeking behavior among migrant workers in Beijing, China

Main reasons

n

%

Feeling their own diseases not severe enough

485

66.2

Unable to pay medical expenses

65

8.9

Unreasonable charges in medical institutions

51

7.0

Knowing how to deal with diseases themselves

45

6.2

Having no free time

40

5.5

Long distance from medical institutions

13

1.8

Complicated medical procedures

13

1.8

Long queuing and waiting time

12

1.6

Poor service attitude and discrimination

4

0.6

Excessive service

1

0.1

Others

2

0.3

Total

732

100.0

  1. Note: 316 of the total subjects replied they had not yet gotten sick, 1,430 (66.1%) of the remaining 2,162 respondents (2,478 minus 316) answered that they would see a doctor, while the remaining 732 subjects (2,162 minus 1,430) would not seeking health care, the reasons were shown in Table 3.