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Access to Health Care
Data are for the U.S.
The latest data are available from the National Health Interview Survey’s Early Release Program
- Percent of adults age 18 and older who failed to obtain needed medical care due to cost: 7.3%
- Percent of persons with a usual place to go for medical care: 88.6% (2024)
Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults, 2019-2024
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- Trends in Health care access from Health, United States
- Health, United States — Topic Page: Unmet need
- National Health Interview Survey Interactive Data Query Systems
- Reduced Access to Care, Household Pulse Survey
- Reduced Access to Care, RANDS during COVID-19
- Sociodemographic Differences in Non-Financial Access Barriers to Care Among Adults: United States, 2022 [PDF – 373 KB]
- Declines in Telemedicine Use Among Adults: United States, 2021 and 2022 [PDF – 362 KB]
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