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<h1 class="page__title title" id="page-title">Chartbook on Access to Health Care</h1> <h2>Timeliness</h2>
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<div class="field field-name-ahrq-generic-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><ul>
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<li>Timeliness in health care is the system’s capacity to provide care quickly after a need is recognized. (Healthy People 2020). </li>
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<li>Timely delivery of appropriate care can help reduce mortality and morbidity for chronic conditions, such as kidney disease (Smart & Titus, 2011).</li>
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<h3>Timeliness Measures </h3>
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<li>Adults who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months who sometimes or never got care as soon as wanted, by insurance (ages 18-64) and ethnicity, 2002-2012. </li>
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<li>Children who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months who sometimes or never got care as soon as wanted, by preferred language and ethnicity, 2002-2012.</li>
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<h4>Trends in Adults Getting Care As Soon As Wanted</h4>
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<p><strong>Adults who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months who sometimes or never got care as soon as wanted, by insurance (ages 18-64) and ethnicity, 2002-2012 </strong></p>
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<p><img alt="Left Chart: Line graph showing percentage of people having difficulty getting care as soon as wanted. From 2002 to 2012, the overall percentage was between 13.6% and 15.4%, with the most recent percentage 14.7%. For people with private insurance, the percentage ranged from 11.7% to 13.7%, with the most recent percentage 12.9%. For people with public insurance, the percentage ranged from 18.2% to 22.5%, with the most recent percentage 20.3%. For uninsured people, the percentage ranged from 29.7% to 34.6%, with the most recent percentage 35%. Right Chart: Line graph showing percentage of people having difficulty getting care as soon as wanted. From 2002 to 2012, the percentage for Whites was between 11.9% and 13.8%, with the most recent percentage 12.9%. For Blacks, the percentage ranged from 15.7% to 22.7%, with the most recent percentage 17.2%. For Hispanics, the percentage ranged from 17.7% to 25.8%, with the most recent percentage 20.2%." src="access-fig13.jpg"></p>
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<p><strong>Data Source: </strong>Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2002-2012.<br><br />
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<strong>Note: </strong>White and Black are non-Hispanic. Hispanic includes all races.</p>
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<p><strong>Groups With Disparities:</strong></p>
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<li>In 2012, the percentage of adults who needed care right away who sometimes or never got care as soon as wanted was 35% for uninsured people, 20.3% for those with public insurance, and 12.9% for those with private insurance. </li>
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<li>In all years, uninsured adults were less likely to receive needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months. </li>
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<li>From 2010 to 2012, Hispanics were less likely than Whites to receive care as soon as wanted.</li>
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<h4>Trends in Children Getting Care As Soon As Wanted</h4>
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<p><strong>Children who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months who sometimes or never got care as soon as wanted, by preferred language and ethnicity, 2002-2012 </strong></p>
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<p><img alt="Left Chart: Line graph showing percentage of children having difficulty getting care as soon as wanted. From 2002 to 2012, the percentage of children who spoke English and had problems getting care ranged from 3% to 8.5%, with the most recent percentage 3%. For children who spoke a language other than English, the percentage ranged from 5.8% to 15.9%, with the most recent percentage 9.3%. Right Chart: Line graph showing percentage of children having difficulty getting care as soon as wanted. From 2002 to 2012, the percentage for non-Hispanic Whites was between 2.1% and 8.1%, with the most recent percentage 2.1%. For Hispanics, the percentage ranged from 5.1% to 13.9%, with the most recent percentage 5.3%." src="access-fig14.jpg"></p>
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<p><strong>Data Source:</strong> Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2002-2012.<br><br />
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<strong>Note:</strong> For 2010 in the language chart, the data did not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.</p>
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<p><strong>Groups With Disparities:</strong></p>
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<li>In 2012, the percentage of children who needed care right away who sometimes or never got care as soon as wanted was 9.3% for those who spoke a language other than English and 3.0% for those who spoke English. </li>
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<li>In all years, English-speaking children were less likely than children speaking other languages to have problems receiving care as soon as wanted. </li>
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<li>From 2007 to 2012, Hispanic children were more likely than non-Hispanic White children to sometimes or never get care as soon as wanted.</li>
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Page last reviewed <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2015-04-01T00:00:00-04:00">April 2015</span> <br />Page originally created April 2015 </div>
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