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National Healthcare Disparities Report - LDI Health Economist

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Timeliness<br />

Findings<br />

Getting Care for Illness or Injury As Soon As Wanted<br />

A patient’s primary care provider should be the first point of contact for most illnesses and injuries. A<br />

patient’s ability to receive timely treatment for illness and injury is a key element in a patient-centered health<br />

care system.<br />

Chapter 4<br />

Figure 4.1. Adults who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months<br />

who sometimes or never got care as soon as wanted, by race and income, 2002-2008<br />

50<br />

45<br />

White<br />

Black<br />

Asian<br />

> 1 Race<br />

50<br />

45<br />

Poor<br />

Low Income<br />

Middle Income<br />

High Income<br />

40<br />

40<br />

35<br />

35<br />

Percent<br />

30<br />

25<br />

Percent<br />

30<br />

25<br />

20<br />

20<br />

15<br />

15<br />

10<br />

10<br />

5<br />

5<br />

0<br />

2002<br />

2003<br />

2004<br />

2005<br />

2006<br />

2007<br />

2008<br />

0<br />

2002<br />

2003<br />

2004<br />

2005<br />

2006<br />

2007<br />

2008<br />

Source: Agency for <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2002-2008.<br />

Denominator: Civilian noninstitutionalized population age 18 and over.<br />

Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. Data were insufficient for this analysis for Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders,<br />

for American Indians and Alaska Natives, and for multiple race for 2003, 2007, and 2008.<br />

n From 2002 to 2008, the percentage of Whites who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or<br />

condition in the last 12 months who sometimes or never got care as soon as wanted was significantly<br />

lower than the percentage of Blacks in 6 of 7 years. The percentage for Whites was lower than for<br />

Asians in 5 of 7 years (Figure 4.1).<br />

n During the same period, the percentage who reported not getting care as soon as wanted was<br />

significantly lower for high-income people than for poor, low-income, and middle-income people in<br />

all years. Also, the percentage who reported not getting care as soon as wanted was significantly<br />

lower for people with any college education than for high school graduates in all years and people<br />

with less than a high school education in 5 of 7 years (data not shown).<br />

Also, in the NHQR:<br />

n From 2002 to 2008, the percentage of adults who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or<br />

condition in the last 12 months who sometimes or never got care as soon as wanted was significantly<br />

lower for adults age 65 and over than for adults ages 18-64.<br />

156 <strong>National</strong> <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> <strong>Disparities</strong> <strong>Report</strong>, 2011

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