As table 4 shows, 309 (324 incident

As table 4 shows, 309 (324 incidents) of the total
respondents fell ill within the past two weeks (two-week
prevalence rate of the migrants was 13.1%). Of 324 incidents,
36.4% had seen a doctor (two-week visitation rate
of the total sample was 4.8%), 33.3% had taken self-medication,
while 30.3% hadn’t taken any measures. Reasons
as to why subjects didn’t see a doctor were due to
inability to afford the high medical expenses (40.5% of
206 subjects), neglect of the severity of the diseases
(33.4%) and no free time (26.1%). Among those who
ever visited a doctor, 44.6% had chosen to go to village
health clinics or community health service stations,
while 20.0% selected the so-called private clinics.
Within the past twelve months, 4.6% (114) of respondents
had received hospital inpatient care, of which 42
(36.8%) selected hospitals in Beijing and 72 (63.2%)
selected hospitals in their hometown. The reasons as to