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Table 4 Health seeking behavior within the past two weeks among migrant workers who fell ill and visited doctors

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

Item

Person-time

%

Utilization of health services

  

   Saw a doctor

118

36.4

   Self-medication

108

33.3

   Non use

98

30.3

   Total

324

100.0

Type of selected medical institutions

  

   Village health clinics or community health service stations

53

44.6

   Township hospital

7

6.2

   District-level hospital

20

16.9

   City-level hospital or above

15

12.3

   Unlicensed private clinic

24

20.0

   Total

118

100.0

  1. Note: 309 (324 incidents) of the total respondents fell ill within the past two weeks, while only 4.6% (118) of the respondents had visited a doctor.