Access to Health Care

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

• Percent of persons who failed to obtain needed medical care due to cost: 6.5% (2008)
• Percent of persons with a usual place to go for medical care: 86% (2008)

Source: Early release of selected estimates based on data from the National Health Interview Survey, Data tables for Figures 2.2 and 3.2

 

More data

• Health Data Interactive
• Health insurance coverage
• No usual source of health care among children under 18 years of age, by selected characteristics Health, United States, 2008, table 78
• No usual source of health care among adults 18-64 years of age, by selected characteristics Health, Health, United States, 2008, table 79
• Reduced access to medical care during the past 12 months due to cost, by selected characteristics Health, United States, 2008, table 80
• Reduced access to medical care during the past 12 months due to cost, by state Health, United States, 2008, table 81
• Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2008
• Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2008
• Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2008
• Trends in health insurance and access to care from 1997 to 2008