Table 1

Healthcare access.

Author(s) and year	Registered with a doctor, %	Registered with partner, %	Registered with friend, %	Registered with family or spouse, %	Considers self as own doctor, %	Had provided self-treatment, %	Had within last year, %
Allibone et al,198123	93	70^a				33^b

Glanz et al, 198252							24

Kahn et al, 19888	44						76^c

Rennert et al, 199018	33					46

Richards, 198913	96	28			0.7		25

Bortz, 199253							82

Chambers and Belcher, 199215	100	40		20.2	24

Pullen et al, 19959	42

Baldwin et al, 199716	66					66

Clarke et al, 199820	74	17	33	6		99

Wines et al, 199854	42						37

Forsythe et al, 199925	96	26^a		1	5	>90	42

McCall et al, 199926	43	13					87

Richards, 199931	71

Gross et al, 200019	66	18			7

Rosen et al, 200032	46	2					54

Töyry et al, 200055							57

Shadbolt, 200224						50

Rosvold and Bjertness, 200212						75^b	68^b

Campbell and Delva, 200317	67						66^c

Davidson and Schattner, 200310	55						n/a

Uallachain 200721						92	25

Schneider et al, 200733	21					58^d	53

↵a Data only available for GPs.
↵b Within the last 3 years.
↵c Within the last 2 years.
↵d Within the last week.