Uninsured Have More Trouble Accessing Specialists, AHRQ Report Says
January 27, 2010
Citing federal statistics, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality says uninsured adults were more likely in 2007 to have problems accessing a physician specialist than people who had insurance coverage, according to a report by AHA News Now.
The AHRQ study found that nearly 27 percent of uninsured adults had difficulties accessing a physician specialist, compared with 16 percent of people with public health insurance and 6 percent of people with private health insurance.
The findings, from the federal Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, also showed that adults without a usual source of care also were more likely to report access problems than those who had a usual source.
Read AHA News Now's report on accessing specialists.
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