The medical visitation rate of migrant workers within the past two weeks was 4.8%, which only accounted
for 36.4% of those who were ill. Nearly one-third of the migrant workers chose self-medication (33.3%) or no
measures (30.3%) while ill within the past two weeks. 19.7% of the sick migrants who should have been
hospitalized failed to receive medical treatment within the past year. According to self-reported reasons, the high
cost of health service was a significant obstacle to health-care access for 40.5% of the migrant workers who
became sick. However, 94.0% of the migrant workers didn’t have any insurance coverage in Beijing. The multilevel
model analysis indicates that health-seeking behavior among migrants is significantly associated with their
insurance coverage. Meanwhile, such factors as household monthly income per capita and working hours per day
also affect the medical visitation rate of the migrant workers in Beijing.