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Table 7 Summary of patients’ responses regarding why they do not see a doctor

From: Self-medication behaviors among Japanese consumers: sex, age, and SES differences and caregivers’ attitudes toward their children’s health management

  

n

%

 

    Total (N)

138

100.0

1

I have no time to see a doctor.

9

6.5

2

It costs money.

19

13.8

3

First, I want to see if OTC medicines work for me.

27

19.6

4

If I rest, it will be okay.

24

17.4

5

I want to treat the problem by myself.

28

20.3

6

I don’t like doctors.

1

0.7

7

I don’t like hospitals.

5

3.6

8

There are no hospitals nearby.

1

0.7

9

There is no transportation to get to a hospital.

2

1.4

10

It bothers me to go to see a doctor.

18

13.0

11

Other

4

2.9