Table 1.

Respondent Reports of Problematic Health Care Experiences by Gender

	Women (%)*	Men (%)*	Significant p-Value†
Overall problematic health care experiences
Experienced any problem	55.9	50.6	.0004
Number of problems experienced	2.1	1.8	.0008
Experienced any problem related to medical care	37.3	31.6	<.0001
Experienced any problem related to health insurance	43.4	40.2	.0299
Experienced any problem related to access to care	22.6	18.7	.0014
Medical care problems
Experienced a serious problem with the quality of medical care	8.6	7.5
Experienced long delays in getting an appointment when sick	15.6	13.9	.0196
Experienced delays in getting referrals to specialists	10.6	9.6	<.0001
Disagreement or misunderstanding about the type of treatment that was needed	9.5	7.9	.0011
Difficulty getting someone to answer questions about medical care	13.8	11.4	.0307
Treated in a manner that was insensitive or disrespectful	13.7	8.9	<.0001
Health problem became unexpectedly worse in a way that seriously affected well-being	12.4	9.3	.0025
Health insurance problems
Told that insurance did not cover a necessary treatment or service	22.7	20.1	.0019
Misunderstanding over which health services were covered by your insurance plan	15.0	14.8
Difficulty getting someone to answer questions about health insurance	13.7	14.4
Asked to pay more for your medical services than could afford	15.2	10.9
Experienced problems with paperwork regarding billing or payment for services	23.1	23.0
Access to care problems
Unable to obtain medical care believed was needed	11.0	8.3
Unable to see a specialist appropriate for a given condition	11.2	10.3
Unable to obtain a specific medication needed	12.5	9.5

^*Value represents the proportion of respondents who reported experiencing the problem. Values for the total number of problems represents the average number of problems reported.

^†p-value derived from t-test of differences in proportions.