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 size of the municipality of residence. 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	
    Fewer than or equal to 10,000 inhabitants	967.7	43.7	165.3	256.2	15.1	68.0	251.8	12.8	154.0	0.8	
    10,001 to 50,000 inhabitants	1,201.0	37.1	305.0	307.4	16.3	61.8	270.8	23.0	179.7	0.0	
    50,001 to 100,000 inhabitants	697.2	34.5	149.8	199.6	3.4	32.2	189.2	7.6	80.8	0.0	
    100,001 to 400,000 inhabitants	994.2	64.9	212.1	272.8	5.8	56.0	181.6	18.6	182.6	0.0	
    Greater than or equal to 400,001 inhabitants	1,127.3	40.6	204.4	404.9	9.7	41.0	195.9	21.5	206.9	2.5	
Male	
    Total	2,012.2	71.1	363.8	625.4	12.2	103.1	477.5	48.4	309.9	0.8	
    Fewer than or equal to 10,000 inhabitants	406.1	16.1	66.4	116.5	1.9	18.6	112.8	7.3	65.6	0.8	
    10,001 to 50,000 inhabitants	488.8	14.3	116.2	119.7	5.1	32.5	119.8	17.9	63.2	0.0	
    50,001 to 100,000 inhabitants	289.0	9.2	54.9	92.3	0.0	15.1	88.2	5.6	23.8	0.0	
    100,001 to 400,000 inhabitants	392.8	18.5	65.3	124.2	0.9	27.7	74.2	11.8	70.1	0.0	
    Greater than or equal to 400,001 inhabitants	435.6	13.0	60.9	172.7	4.2	9.3	82.6	5.8	87.1	0.0	
Female	
    Total	2,975.2	149.7	672.6	815.5	38.1	155.8	611.8	35.2	494.1	2.5	
    Fewer than or equal to 10,000 inhabitants	561.6	27.5	98.8	139.7	13.2	49.4	139.0	5.5	88.4	0.0	
    10,001 to 50,000 inhabitants	712.2	22.8	188.8	187.6	11.2	29.3	151.0	5.1	116.5	0.0	
    50,001 to 100,000 inhabitants	408.2	25.3	94.9	107.3	3.4	17.1	101.1	2.1	57.0	0.0	
    100,001 to 400,000 inhabitants	601.5	46.4	146.7	148.6	4.8	28.3	107.4	6.8	112.4	0.0	
    Greater than or equal to 400,001 inhabitants	691.8	27.6	143.5	232.2	5.4	31.8	113.3	15.7	119.8	2.5	
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