Delay or nonreceipt of needed medical care, prescription drugs, or dental care during the past 12 months due to cost: United States
data.cdc.gov | Last Updated 29 Aug 2023Data on delay or nonreceipt of needed medical care, nonreceipt of needed prescription drugs, or nonreceipt of needed dental care during the past 12 months due to cost by selected population characteristics. Please refer to the PDF or Excel version of this table in the HUS 2019 Data Finder (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/contents2019.htm) for critical information about measures, definitions, and changes over time. SOURCE: NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, Family Core, Sample Child, and Sample Adult questionnaires. Data for level of difficulty are from the 2010 Quality of Life, 2011-2017 Functioning and Disability, and 2018 Sample Adult questionnaires. For more information on the National Health Interview Survey, see the corresponding Appendix entry at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus19-appendix-508.pdf.
This dataset has the following 16 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDICATOR | indicator | text | Measure being estimated. | Delay or nonreceipt of needed medical care, nonreceipt of needed prescription drugs, or nonreceipt of needed dental care during the past 12 months due to cost view top 100 |
| PANEL | panel | text | Submeasures of INDICATOR. Datasets may have multiple panels. | Nonreceipt of needed dental care due to cost Delay or nonreceipt of needed medical care due to cost Nonreceipt of needed prescription drugs due to cost view top 100 |
| PANEL_NUM | panel_num | number | Numeric code for levels of PANEL that may be used for easier coding or formatting of the PANEL variable. | 1 2 3 view top 100 |
| UNIT | unit | text | Unit of measurement of the estimate. | Percent, crude view top 100 |
| UNIT_NUM | unit_num | number | Numeric code for levels of UNIT that may be used for easier coding or formatting of the UNIT variable. | 1 view top 100 |
| STUB_NAME | stub_name | text | Description of the population category pertaining to the estimate. | Age Percent of poverty level and health insurance status prior to interview (18-64 y Hispanic origin and race and percent of poverty level (18-64 years) Race (18-64 years) Hispanic origin and race (18-64 years) view top 100 |
| STUB_NAME_NUM | stub_name_num | number | Numeric code for levels of STUB_NAME that may be used for easier coding or formatting of the STUB_NAME variable. | 1 10 7 3 4 view top 100 |
| STUB_LABEL | stub_label | text | Specific population subgroup pertaining to the estimate. | Midwest 100%-199%: Uninsured for any period up to 12 months Hispanic or Latino: All races: 400% or more Below 100%: Uninsured for any period up to 12 months Not Hispanic or Latino: Black or African American only view top 100 |
| STUB_LABEL_NUM | stub_label_num | number | Numeric code for levels of STUB_LABEL that may be used for easier coding or formatting of the STUB_LABEL variable. | 9.1 5.2 3.5 10.42 7.12 view top 100 |
| YEAR | year | text | Data year or range of data years pertaining to the estimate. | 2013 2014 2016 2015 2011 view top 100 |
| YEAR_NUM | year_num | number | Numeric code for levels of YEAR that may be used for easier coding or formatting of the YEAR variable. | 15 16 12 10 18 view top 100 |
| AGE | age | text | Age group pertaining to the estimate. | 18-64 years 25-64 years 45-64 years 18-44 years 19-25 years view top 100 |
| AGE_NUM | age_num | number | Numeric code for levels of AGE that may be used for easier coding or formatting of the AGE variable. | 1.3 1.33 1.21 1.31 1.312 view top 100 |
| ESTIMATE | estimate | number | Calculated estimate of the measure. | 10.8 9.4 10.7 9.5 11.4 view top 100 |
| SE | se | number | Calculated standard error of the estimate. | 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.6 view top 100 |
| FLAG | flag | text | Additional information pertaining to the estimate. See the footnotes in the source table (Excel) for more information. | * ... view top 100 |