Technical Report - Donegal Traveller's Project

All Ireland Traveller Health StudyTable 217: Thinking about the process of applying for a medical card, how would you rate thefollowing? (ROI only) (Questionnaire item C2_6)VerypoorPoorNeithergood norpoorGoodVerygoodTotal Application easy to understand 19.0% 12.2% 21.6% 28.1% 19.1% 1,662Med. Card - time to process 14.2% 12.3% 26.3% 29.5% 17.6% 1,645Courtesy of HSE staff while processing 12.2% 11.5% 26.1% 30.0% 20.2% 1,610Male Application easy to understand 23.7% 13.3% 22.4% 25.1% 15.5% 701Med. Card - time to process 13.5% 14.2% 28.3% 28.3% 15.7% 696Courtesy of HSE staff while processing 12.4% 13.6% 26.2% 29.7% 18.1% 684Female Application easy to understand 15.7% 11.4% 21.0% 29.9% 21.9% 955Med. Card - time to process 14.8% 11.0% 25.0% 29.9% 19.2% 943Courtesy of HSE staff while processing 12.1% 10.0% 26.2% 29.9% 21.8% 920Under 30 Application easy to understand 15.0% 11.3% 26.0% 29.0% 18.7% 753Med. Card - time to process 14.0% 12.2% 29.1% 28.3% 16.4% 745Courtesy of HSE staff while processing 11.0% 12.1% 28.0% 30.4% 18.5% 72830-44 Application easy to understand 16.2% 8.9% 19.0% 31.5% 24.4% 426Med. Card - time to process 13.4% 8.8% 23.2% 32.2% 22.4% 419Courtesy of HSE staff while processing 14.1% 8.5% 22.9% 29.4% 25.1% 41145 + Application easy to understand 29.2% 17.4% 17.1% 20.5% 15.9% 391Med. Card - time to process 15.6% 15.9% 24.1% 27.9% 16.4% 390Courtesy of HSE staff while processing 12.3% 13.6% 25.4% 28.0% 20.7% 382In NI 94.3% of respondents to this section of the interview were currently registered with a GP and ofthose who were not over half said it was because they had recently moved (57.1%), followed by 28.6%who did not know how to do so.n174