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 educational level. 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;
    Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education;100.00;7.81;20.21;14.58;4.86;8.36;20.09;1.36;22.73;
    Complete primary education;100.00;3.97;21.63;20.25;1.20;8.97;23.31;2.02;18.65;
    Secondary education, 1st stage;100.00;5.80;22.79;27.39;0.20;5.13;25.48;1.64;11.57;
    Secondary education, 2nd stage;100.00;3.71;21.29;33.12;0.07;3.66;21.19;2.55;14.41;
    Advanced professional training or the equivalent;100.00;7.11;20.96;39.03;0.33;1.80;16.24;1.74;12.78;
    University education;100.00;1.76;17.94;37.65;0.71;3.03;21.33;0.49;17.10;
Male;
    Total;100.00;3.53;18.09;31.09;0.61;5.12;23.74;2.41;15.41;
    Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education;100.00;9.88;17.42;19.47;1.10;8.91;14.88;2.48;25.85;
    Complete primary education;100.00;4.56;23.27;22.57;0.55;10.44;21.95;2.35;14.30;
    Secondary education, 1st stage;100.00;3.60;17.31;32.73;0.46;5.36;28.76;1.57;10.21;
    Secondary education, 2nd stage;100.00;2.35;15.53;33.77;0.00;2.90;28.98;4.80;11.67;
    Advanced professional training or the equivalent;100.00;5.73;24.05;36.03;0.00;0.79;12.34;2.95;18.12;
    University education;100.00;0.68;14.75;36.76;1.44;3.06;23.51;0.39;19.42;
Female;
    Total;100.00;5.04;22.63;27.43;1.28;5.24;20.58;1.18;16.62;
    Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education;100.00;6.93;21.39;12.51;6.46;8.12;22.29;0.89;21.41;
    Complete primary education;100.00;3.58;20.55;18.71;1.62;8.01;24.21;1.80;21.52;
    Secondary education, 1st stage;100.00;7.45;26.89;23.39;0.00;4.96;23.02;1.70;12.60;
    Secondary education, 2nd stage;100.00;4.56;24.90;32.72;0.11;4.14;16.30;1.14;16.13;
    Advanced professional training or the equivalent;100.00;8.32;18.25;41.68;0.62;2.69;19.67;0.68;8.09;
    University education;100.00;2.63;20.52;38.38;0.12;2.99;19.57;0.57;15.22;
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