QuickStats: Percentage of Persons of All Ages Who Delayed Or Did Not Receive Medical Care During the Preceding Year Because of Cost, by U.S. Census Region of Residence — National Health Interview Survey, 2015

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• Alternative Title:
  Percentage of Persons of All Ages Who Delayed or Did Not Receive Medical Care During the Preceding Year Because of Cost, by U.S. Census Region of Residence — National Health Interview Survey, 2015
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  In 2015, approximately 6% of persons of all ages (20.1 million) in the United States delayed medical care during the preceding year because of worry about the cost, and 4.5% (14.2 million) did not receive needed medical care because they could not afford it. Persons living in the Northeast were significantly less likely than persons living in the Midwest, South, or West to delay or not receive needed medical care. Persons living in the South were significantly more likely to not receive needed medical care than those in the Northeast, Midwest, or West.
• Subjects:
  Quick Stats
• Source:
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 66(4):121
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Document Type:
  Charts, Diagrams, Etc.
• Genre:
  QuickStats
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  66
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:786219893803b65404576ef617dbd81eb93ec8e5ec969b48b897b7290da46c2d75445d0f94e3771d2ab1e944ef17117de71ca10c2eda943902679fcfef040bcf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/84407/cdc_84407_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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