State Variation in Health Care Service Utilization: United States, 2014

(Source – cdc.gov)

Key findings

Data from the National Health Interview Survey, 2014

• The percentage of adults without a usual place of medical care ranged from 2.8% in Vermont to 26.7% in Nevada.
• The percentage of adults who did not have a general doctor visit in the past 12 months ranged from 15.9% in Vermont to 48.1% in Montana.
• The percentage of adults without a usual place of medical care was lower in states that expanded Medicaid compared with nonexpansion states.
• The percentage of adults without a usual place of medical care or who did not see a general doctor in the past 12 months was lower in states with partnership marketplaces compared with Federally Facilitated Marketplace states. Read article here…..

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