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Table 3 Access to health care services

From: Challenges in access to health services and its impact on quality of life: a randomised population-based survey within Turkish speaking immigrants in London

Access to health care services

Turkish Immigrants (Group A)

Turkish Cypriots (Group B)

Total

  

n

%

n

%

n

%

Registered With GP

Yes

296

96.1

107

99.1

403

96.9

 

No

12

3.9

1

0.9

13

3.1

Difficulty when getting referrals to a hospital

Yes

73

24.7

17

15.9

90

22.3

 

No

223

75.3

90

84.1

313

77.7

Difficulty after being referred to a hospital

Yes

75

25.3

20

18.7

95

23.6

 

No

221

74.7

87

81.3

308

76.4

Not using GP services

Yes

55

18.6

23

21.5

78

19.4

 

No

241

81.4

84

78.5

325

80.6

Other type of health care services

Turkish speaking private GP

23

41.8

7

30.4

30

38.5

 

Other private physicians

12

21.8

14

60.9

26

33.3

 

Visiting a physician in Turkey or Cyprus

20

36.4

2

8.7

22

28.2

Need for interpretation for health care services

Yes

108

36.5

16

15.0

124

30.8

 

No

188

63.5

91

85.0

279

69.2

Interpreter for health care services

Spouse

19

17.6

1

6.3

20

16.1

 

Siblings

5

4.6

0

0.0

5

4.0

 

Children

9

8.3

6

37.4

15

12.1

 

A family member

4

3.7

3

18.8

7

5.6

 

A friend

7

6.5

1

6.3

8

6.6

 

Official interpreter/health advocate

64

59.3

5

31.2

69

55.6

Access Index *

n

296

107

403

 

Mean

5.5 ± 1.3

(2.0-8.0)

6.2 ± 1.2

(2.0-8.0)

5.7 ± 1.3 ††

(2.0-8.0)

  1. p < 0.001, ††p < 0.0001, *A composite index derived from the individual Health Services Access items (higher the index score, better the access to health care services)