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Table 3 Health service related characteristics of patients at emergency departments in Gondar University Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, May 2012

From: Quality of emergency medical care in Gondar University Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a survey of patients’ perspectives

Health service related character

Number of patients

Percent

Cancelled hospital visit last time while needed to do so

  Yes

169

17.6

  No

792

82.2

  Don’t remember

2

0.2

Reason for cancelling visit before (n = 169)

  Lack of money

92

54.4

  Other reason

67

39.7

  I don’t know

10

5.9

Degree of confidence to get good service in the future

  Very confident

582

60.4

  Confident

268

27.8

  Somewhat confident

40

4.2

  Not confident at all

73

7.6

Believed discriminated

  No

257

26.7

  Yes

706

73.3