European Health Survey VISITS TO THE SPECIALIST Main reason for not going to the specialist when needed, in the last 12 months, according to sex and Autonomous Community. Population that needed to see a specialist in the last 12 months and did not do so Units: percentage Total Could not afford it (expensive, not covered by insurance) Wait listed, without a referral Did not have time (due to work, caring for children or other persons) Too far away, without means of transport Fear of doctors, hospitals, treatment, etc. Decided to wait and see if there was improvement Did not know any good specialist Other reasons Both sexes Total 100.00 4.43 20.80 28.91 1.01 5.19 21.86 1.68 16.13 Andaluc¡a 100.00 4.10 22.16 25.46 2.36 7.96 17.01 2.51 18.44 Arag¢n 100.00 4.03 21.17 29.13 0.00 8.21 12.76 0.00 24.71 Asturias (Principado de) 100.00 2.10 17.51 21.39 0.00 3.15 38.71 5.35 11.80 Balears (Illes) 100.00 9.93 25.21 17.49 0.00 8.53 21.69 1.33 15.84 Canarias 100.00 16.72 30.78 11.98 1.95 5.16 23.32 1.17 8.91 Cantabria 100.00 7.70 42.03 15.45 0.00 9.75 9.19 4.37 11.52 Castilla y Le¢n 100.00 0.63 21.20 21.23 0.00 4.13 36.36 0.00 16.45 Castilla-La Mancha 100.00 2.57 8.92 33.19 0.77 6.95 35.45 2.37 9.77 Catalu¤a 100.00 4.37 17.58 39.70 1.06 4.37 14.06 1.31 17.55 Comunitat Valenciana 100.00 5.00 26.73 21.74 0.48 3.51 28.19 1.56 12.80 Extremadura 100.00 2.56 21.71 19.87 0.70 10.13 14.65 0.50 29.88 Galicia 100.00 0.76 35.72 20.34 0.72 4.60 18.69 1.37 17.80 Madrid (Comunidad de) 100.00 4.66 17.64 37.16 0.99 2.22 20.77 1.98 14.58 Murcia (Regi¢n de) 100.00 3.46 14.65 38.11 0.32 8.09 18.84 0.97 15.56 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 100.00 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Pa¡s Vasco 100.00 1.78 11.11 22.68 0.32 6.33 35.32 1.13 21.32 Rioja (La) 100.00 1.52 20.69 23.43 0.00 20.12 26.47 1.17 6.60 Ceuta (Ciudad Aut¢noma de) 100.00 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Melilla (Ciudad Aut¢noma de) 100.00 2.12 21.24 30.79 0.00 9.04 24.29 0.48 12.03 Male Total 100.00 3.53 18.09 31.09 0.61 5.12 23.74 2.41 15.41 Andaluc¡a 100.00 6.32 18.12 26.88 0.83 7.68 19.32 3.12 17.75 Arag¢n 100.00 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Asturias (Principado de) 100.00 4.87 19.15 16.32 0.00 1.75 36.54 9.42 11.95 Balears (Illes) 100.00 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Canarias 100.00 16.68 31.67 14.27 3.33 2.84 17.93 0.00 13.27 Cantabria 100.00 0.00 38.21 11.65 0.00 17.77 12.57 6.57 13.23 Castilla y Le¢n 100.00 0.54 23.12 25.51 0.00 2.81 30.94 0.00 17.08 Castilla-La Mancha 100.00 0.00 10.38 39.07 0.00 6.91 34.95 3.29 5.40 Catalu¤a 100.00 3.64 16.78 39.31 0.00 6.96 17.40 1.78 14.14 Comunitat Valenciana 100.00 0.00 18.95 27.36 0.00 2.53 34.95 2.18 14.04 Extremadura 100.00 1.35 24.47 12.52 0.00 4.91 20.74 1.19 34.81 Galicia 100.00 0.00 35.67 23.10 0.91 2.31 15.38 3.52 19.11 Madrid (Comunidad de) 100.00 2.94 13.30 41.97 1.07 2.80 21.25 3.05 13.62 Murcia (Regi¢n de) 100.00 1.65 4.94 46.10 0.00 11.50 29.07 0.00 6.74 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 100.00 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Pa¡s Vasco 100.00 1.74 9.42 20.87 0.00 5.12 36.55 2.53 23.77 Rioja (La) 100.00 0.00 14.92 19.67 0.00 19.22 36.95 3.17 6.07 Ceuta (Ciudad Aut¢noma de) 100.00 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Melilla (Ciudad Aut¢noma de) 100.00 0.00 19.44 29.21 0.00 8.68 38.01 0.00 4.66 Female Total 100.00 5.04 22.63 27.43 1.28 5.24 20.58 1.18 16.62 Andaluc¡a 100.00 2.57 24.97 24.48 3.42 8.15 15.42 2.09 18.92 Arag¢n 100.00 5.78 22.85 28.95 0.00 11.78 4.93 0.00 25.71 Asturias (Principado de) 100.00 0.00 16.27 25.23 0.00 4.21 40.35 2.26 11.69 Balears (Illes) 100.00 12.18 30.11 12.38 0.00 8.48 14.33 2.09 20.43 Canarias 100.00 16.75 30.05 10.10 0.82 7.06 27.74 2.13 5.34 Cantabria 100.00 13.82 45.08 18.47 0.00 3.37 6.50 2.62 10.16 Castilla y Le¢n 100.00 0.69 19.85 18.22 0.00 5.05 40.18 0.00 16.01 Castilla-La Mancha 100.00 4.60 7.77 28.53 1.38 6.99 35.84 1.65 13.24 Catalu¤a 100.00 4.87 18.13 39.96 1.77 2.61 11.81 1.00 19.85 Comunitat Valenciana 100.00 7.85 31.18 18.53 0.76 4.07 24.32 1.20 12.09 Extremadura 100.00 3.43 19.74 25.10 1.19 13.85 10.32 0.00 26.37 Galicia 100.00 1.24 35.75 18.58 0.60 6.06 20.80 0.00 16.97 Madrid (Comunidad de) 100.00 5.77 20.46 34.05 0.94 1.85 20.45 1.29 15.20 Murcia (Regi¢n de) 100.00 4.67 21.16 32.75 0.54 5.81 11.98 1.62 21.46 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 100.00 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Pa¡s Vasco 100.00 1.80 12.49 24.14 0.58 7.32 34.32 0.00 19.34 Rioja (La) 100.00 2.41 24.05 25.63 0.00 20.65 20.35 0.00 6.91 Ceuta (Ciudad Aut¢noma de) 100.00 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Melilla (Ciudad Aut¢noma de) 100.00 3.56 22.48 31.87 0.00 9.29 14.92 0.81 17.07 Notes: The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which is not collected The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample The symbol '...' shall be deemed as an error of division by zero The data corresponding to cells with fewer than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution, as they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error. Source: National Statistics Institute