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: thousands of persons

	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	No data recorded	
Both sexes	
    Total	4,987.4	220.8	1,036.5	1,440.9	50.3	258.9	1,089.3	83.5	804.0	3.3	
    Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education	576.6	45.0	116.3	83.9	28.0	48.1	115.6	7.8	130.9	0.8	
    Complete primary education	950.0	37.7	205.5	192.4	11.4	85.3	221.4	19.2	177.1	0.0	
    Secondary education, 1st stage	838.2	48.5	190.4	228.9	1.7	42.9	212.9	13.7	96.7	2.5	
    Secondary education, 2nd stage	1,234.5	45.8	262.8	408.9	0.8	45.2	261.5	31.4	177.9	0.0	
    Advanced professional training or the equivalent	363.5	25.8	76.2	141.9	1.2	6.6	59.0	6.3	46.4	0.0	
    University education	1,021.3	18.0	183.2	384.5	7.2	30.9	217.8	5.0	174.6	0.0	
    No data recorded	3.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	
Male	
    Total	2,012.2	71.1	363.8	625.4	12.2	103.1	477.5	48.4	309.9	0.8	
    Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education	172.3	16.9	29.9	33.4	1.9	15.3	25.5	4.3	44.3	0.8	
    Complete primary education	378.7	17.3	88.1	85.5	2.1	39.5	83.1	8.9	54.2	0.0	
    Secondary education, 1st stage	358.0	12.9	62.0	117.2	1.7	19.2	103.0	5.6	36.5	0.0	
    Secondary education, 2nd stage	475.2	11.2	73.8	160.5	0.0	13.8	137.7	22.8	55.5	0.0	
    Advanced professional training or the equivalent	169.9	9.7	40.9	61.2	0.0	1.3	21.0	5.0	30.8	0.0	
    University education	456.1	3.1	67.3	167.7	6.6	14.0	107.2	1.8	88.6	0.0	
    No data recorded	1.9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	
Female	
    Total	2,975.2	149.7	672.6	815.5	38.1	155.8	611.8	35.2	494.1	2.5	
    Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education	404.3	28.0	86.5	50.6	26.1	32.8	90.1	3.6	86.6	0.0	
    Complete primary education	571.2	20.5	117.4	106.9	9.3	45.7	138.3	10.3	123.0	0.0	
    Secondary education, 1st stage	480.3	35.6	128.5	111.7	0.0	23.7	110.0	8.1	60.2	2.5	
    Secondary education, 2nd stage	759.3	34.6	189.0	248.5	0.8	31.4	123.8	8.6	122.5	0.0	
    Advanced professional training or the equivalent	193.5	16.1	35.3	80.7	1.2	5.2	38.1	1.3	15.7	0.0	
    University education	565.1	14.9	116.0	216.9	0.7	16.9	110.6	3.2	86.0	0.0	
    No data recorded	1.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	
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