U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce the proportion of people who can't get medical care when they need it — AHS‑04 Data

Most Recent Data:
6.8 percent (2023)

Target:
5.9 percent 

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
8.5 percent of persons were unable to obtain or delayed in obtaining necessary medical care due to cost in 2019 

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Persons unable to obtain or delaying needed medical care due to cost, 2019-2021
(percent)
Decrease desired

Population 2019 2020 2021
Total
8.5
CI 8.1 / 8.9
SE 0.192
7.2
CI 6.8 / 7.5
SE 0.186
7.0
CI 6.6 / 7.3
SE 0.171

Persons unable to obtain or delaying needed medical care due to cost by Race/Ethnicity, 2019-2021
(percent)
Decrease desired

Population 2019 2020 2021
American Indian or Alaska Native only
10.6
CI 7.0 / 15.3
SE 2.018
8.0
CI 5.1 / 11.8
SE 1.618
8.9
CI 5.9 / 12.6
SE 1.607
Asian only
4.0
CI 2.9 / 5.4
SE 0.619
4.1
CI 3.0 / 5.5
SE 0.617
3.0
CI 2.3 / 3.9
SE 0.409
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only
DSU
DSU
13.6
CI 7.3 / 22.4
SE 3.593
Black or African American only
10.3
CI 9.1 / 11.6
SE 0.615
8.0
CI 6.9 / 9.1
SE 0.554
7.5
CI 6.6 / 8.5
SE 0.484
White only
8.3
CI 7.8 / 8.7
SE 0.220
6.9
CI 6.5 / 7.3
SE 0.212
7.0
CI 6.6 / 7.4
SE 0.200
2 or more races
9.8
CI 7.5 / 12.4
SE 1.186
6.2
CI 4.1 / 8.8
SE 1.145
7.5
CI 5.8 / 9.5
SE 0.907
Hispanic or Latino
11.1
CI 10.1 / 12.2
SE 0.518
9.7
CI 8.6 / 10.8
SE 0.551
8.0
CI 7.2 / 8.8
SE 0.418
Not Hispanic or Latino
7.9
CI 7.5 / 8.3
SE 0.199
6.6
CI 6.2 / 7.0
SE 0.185
6.7
CI 6.4 / 7.1
SE 0.182
American Indian or Alaska Native only, not Hispanic or Latino
7.0
CI 4.0 / 11.2
SE 1.707
6.7
CI 3.8 / 10.8
SE 1.483
9.2
CI 5.9 / 13.6
SE 1.707
Asian only, not Hispanic or Latino
4.1
CI 3.0 / 5.5
SE 0.629
4.0
CI 2.9 / 5.4
SE 0.621
3.0
CI 2.3 / 4.0
SE 0.414
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only, not Hispanic or Latino
DSU
DSU
15.1
CI 7.7 / 25.4
SE 4.211
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino
10.3
CI 9.0 / 11.6
SE 0.632
7.9
CI 6.9 / 9.1
SE 0.565
7.7
CI 6.7 / 8.7
SE 0.501
White only, not Hispanic or Latino
7.7
CI 7.3 / 8.1
SE 0.222
6.6
CI 6.2 / 7.0
SE 0.211
6.8
CI 6.4 / 7.2
SE 0.208
2 or more races, not Hispanic or Latino
10.5
CI 8.0 / 13.5
SE 1.338
6.9
CI 4.5 / 10.1
SE 1.362
7.4
CI 5.6 / 9.6
SE 0.995

Highest and lowest rates for Persons unable to obtain or delaying needed medical care due to cost: Disparities by Race/Ethnicity, 2019-2021
(percent)
Decrease desired