Table 5. County Agent Responses to Perceived Risk of Barriers to Access to Healthcare, 1999

Averages
Number Urban Rural north Rural south F
Communication barrier between patient and provider 144 2.88 2.83 3.10 1.229
Cost of insurance 156 4.03 4.20 4.20 0.720
Cost of treatment or care 158 3.91 4.05 3.85 0.522
Distrust of medical profession 143 2.56 2.56 2.68 0.297
Failure to recognize a serious health problem 160 3.12 3.24 3.52 3.776
Fundamental religious beliefs 128 2.06 2.06 2.10 0.043
Lack of consumer health knowledge 154 2.98 3.13 3.00 0.375
Lack of health insurance 158 3.79 4.05 4.08 1.910
Lack of healthcare facilities 156 2.05 2.08 2.36 1.738
Lack of healthcare providers 157 2.37 2.53 2.93 5.255
Lack of time to seek care 150 2.90 2.68 2.86 0.892
Lack of transportation 157 2.79 2.98 3.46 7.091
Poor quality of health facilities 158 1.94 2.18 2.45 4.513
Stoic/fatalistic attitudes 128 2.54 2.58 2.56 0.034
Use of alternative medicine 137 2.49 2.38 2.31 0.656
Use of faith healers 126 1.85 2.07 1.85 1.263

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