Trends in Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Barriers to Timely Medical Care Among Adults in the US, 1999 to 2018.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Racial and ethnic disparities in delayed medical care for reasons that are not directly associated with the cost of care remain understudied.

Objective

To describe trends in racial and ethnic disparities in barriers to timely medical care among adults during a recent 20-year period.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a serial cross-sectional study of 590 603 noninstitutionalized adults in the US using data from the National Health Interview Survey from 1999 to 2018. Data analyses were performed from December 2021 through August 2022.

Exposures

Self-reported race, ethnicity, household income, and sex.

Main outcomes and measures

Temporal trends in disparities regarding 5 specific barriers to timely medical care: inability to get through

SUBMITTER: Caraballo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9617175 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature