“Just too busy living in the moment and surviving”: barriers to accessing health care for structurally vulnerable populations at end-of-life

Table 3 Service provider participants’ characteristics (n = 69)

Characteristics	Number of Participants
Gender
Men	25
Women	41
Other	3 ^a
Age^b
Average age	44
Age range	24–67
Highest level of education^c
Post graduate degree	6
University degree	23
Attended university	5
College diploma	5
Some college (including trade school)	4
High school	0
Some high school	1
Middle school (grade 8)	0
Elementary school or less	0
Employment role
Outreach/support worker	16
Physician	15
Nurse	13
Housing worker	7
Counsellor/social worker	5
Manager/coordinator	4
Other	9
Length of time in current employment role^d
Less than 1 year	2
1 year to 5 years	20
6 years to 10 years	6
11 to 15 years	5
16 years to 20 years	2
20 +	5

^aOther responses are: Genderqueer, Two-Spirit, Trans
^bBased on 43 participants. Twenty-five engaged in observations but were lost to follow up and did not complete a demographic form. One participant did not answer this question
^cBased on 44 participants. Twenty-five engaged in observations but were lost to follow up and did not complete a demographic form
^dBased on 40 participants. Twenty-five engaged in observations but were lost to follow up and did not complete a demographic form. 4 participants did not answer this question

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