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) |