EIGE

C2. Access to health care (unmet demand for medical examination or treatment) bpfa_c2

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Base information

Source type:
Data developed by EIGE using other internal or external datasets
Source organisation:
Eurostat
Source organisation URL:
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat
Source activity:
EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC)
Source reference:
Downloaded from Eurostat’s online database as dataset hlth_silc_08
Data type:
Survey data
Harmonised:
Harmonised at EU level
Time format:
Years
Imported on:
03.12.2025
Number of values:
12444

Years

2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Keywords

Keywords:
access to health care, access to health services, access to healthcare, health, health care, health care-related, health services, health-related, healthcare

sex Sex

Code Value
T Total
M Men
W Women

age Age class

Code Value
Y_GE16 16 years or over

quantile Quantile

Code Value
TOTAL Total

unit Unit of measure

Code Value
PC Percentage

reason Reason

Code Value
TXP Too expensive
TFAR Too far to travel
TXP_TFAR_WLIST Too expensive or too far to travel or waiting list
NTIME No time
GDOC_UNK Didn't know any good doctor or specialist
WLIST Waiting list
FEAR_DR_HSP Fear of doctor, hospital, examination or treatment
HOPE Wanted to wait and see if problem got better on its own
OTH Other reason
ANY Unmet need for any reason