| PNAD - National Household Sample Survey - Brazil 1998 |
Access and Use of Health Services
18 - People who have sought medical care in the last 2 weeks, by sex and reason why they did not seek medical care
| People who have sought medical care in the last 2 weeks | |||
| Total | Male | Female | |
| TOTAL | 137 640 710 | 69 663 625 | 67 977 085 |
| IT WAS NOT NECESSARY | 132 171 157 | 67 244 801 | 64 926 356 |
| THEY DID NOT HAVE MONEY | 1 776 091 | 810 479 | 965 612 |
| ESTABLISHMENT PROVIDING CARE WAS FAR AWAY OR DIFFICULT TO ACCESS | 927 904 | 403 103 | 524 801 |
| INCOMPATIBLE SCHEDULE | 542 010 | 239 327 | 302 683 |
| SERVICE TOOK A LONG TIME | 709 171 | 292 675 | 416 496 |
| ESTABLISHMENT VISITED DID NOT HAVE A SPECIALIST | 224 545 | 88 607 | 135 938 |
| THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE NOT ENTITLED TO SERVICE | 15 757 | 8 239 | 7 518 |
| THEY DID NOT HAVE ANYBODY TO TAKE THEM | 134 246 | 43 174 | 91 072 |
| OTHER | 1 121 678 | 524 526 | 597 152 |
| UNDECLARED | 18 151 | 8 694 | 9 457 |
Note: Excluding the rural population of Rondônia, Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, Pará and Amapá.