HEALTHCARE IN THE UNITED STATES

ACCESS ISSUES IN HEALTH CARE

followed by clinic or health center (26.1%), hospital outpatient department (1.5%), hospital emergency room (1.4%), and some other place (1.3%). Specific variables that may affect having a usual place of healthcare identified in the 2018 NHIS are gender, race and ethnicity, education, employment, poverty level, and not having insurance. See results of these variables from the 2018 NHIS (CDC, n.d.) in Table 8.1.

Table 8.1: CDC Summary Health Statistics: National Health Interview Survey, 2018, Adults 18 and Over

Do you have a usual place of obtaining healthcare: Yes or No?

Yes

85%

No

15%

Race/ethnicity and gender combined Percentage having a usual place of

healthcare

White females

90.8%

Black female

88.8%

Hispanic or Latino female

84.9%

White male

83.6%

Black male

81.9%

Hispanic or Latino males

73.9%

Education level Percentage having a usual place of

healthcare

Bachelor’s degree or higher

90.1%

No high school diploma

79.1%

Current Employment Percentage having a usual place of

healthcare

Have worked full-time; may be

85.6%

unemployed at this time

Work part-time

83.8%

Poverty status Percentage having a usual place of

healthcare

Below poverty threshold

79.6%

Near poor (income 100% to less than 79.7%

200% of poverty level)

Not poor (incomes higher than 200% of 87.8%

poverty threshold or greater)

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