Access to Care

Age, income, and education are all associated with difficulty in getting necessary medical care. The elderly have less difficulty in getting the medical care they need than younger people. Diverse populations (particularly Hispanics/Latinos) have more trouble getting necessary care than whites.


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Residents of NYC, the Catskills, and Cattaraugus, Chautauqua & Westchester counties report more health care access problems.

Albany: 5.7% Allegany, Wyoming: 5.1% Broome: 6.6% Cattaraugus, Chautauqua: 7.6% Cayuga, Seneca, Wayne: 4.3% Chemung, Schuyler, Tioga: 5.5% Chenango, Madison: 5.6% Clinton, Essex, Franklin: 4.2% Columbia, Greene: 5.8% Cortland, Tompkins: 4.7% Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie: 6.5% Dutchess, Putnam: 4.1% Erie: 4.3% Fulton, Montgomery: 6.1% Genesee, Orleans: 4.8% Hamilton, Herkimer: 6.4% Jefferson, Lewis, St Lawrence: 4.9% Livingston, Ontario: 4.3% Monroe: 5.0% Nassau: 2.7% Niagara: 4.3% Oneida, Oswego: 5.5% Onondaga: 5.4% Orange: 7.9% Rensselaer: 4.6% Rockland: 6.5% Saratoga: 3.1% Schenectady: 6.0% Steuben, Yates: 6.1% Suffolk: 5.6% Sullivan, Ulster: 8.9% Warren, Washington: 6.3% Westchester: 7.4% Bronx: 14.0% Bronx: 14.0% Brooklyn: 10.3% Brooklyn: 10.3% Manhattan: 10.3% Manhattan: 10.3% Queens: 10.6% Queens: 10.6% Staten Island: 5.6% Staten Island: 5.6% Needed Care in NYS
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Within New York City, residents of the South Bronx and west Queens report serious access problems.

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New York State ranks at #2 in the number of physicians per capita nationwide yet one in ten New Yorkers live in a Health Professional Shortage Area.

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Statewide, the nursing shortage is comparable to nation; NYS makes greater use of physician assistants.

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Less than half of Medicaid enrollees in NY can get a routine care appointment as soon as wanted.

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Many children in NY are not getting routine care or care for illness/injury as soon as wanted.

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Though Medicare enrollees fare best in getting care as soon as wanted, their reported experience places NYS at #40 of 50 states & DC for routine care and at #44 of 50 states & DC for illness/injury care.

Appointment Medicare Fee
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