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Table 4 Reasons for AMS clients not seeking treatment or advice from a community pharmacist when suffering from health problems identified in Table 2 (N = 208)

From: Health problems and help-seeking activities of methadone maintenance clients at Auckland Methadone Service (AMS): potential for community pharmacy service expansion?

 

N

%

Cannot afford it

88

42.1

Prefer to wait until the problem gets better

77

36.8

Believing pharmacist lacks understanding about client health problems

38

18.2

Not private enough

32

15.3

Concerns about confidentiality

26

12.4

Prefer to seek treatment and advice from someone else

25

12.0

Time consuming

13

6.2

Have medicine at home

9

4.3

  1. (NB respondents could tick up to three from a list. Those ticking more than three were excluded from this analysis).
  2. (Data missing on 1 case)