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. 2014 Jun 24;49(6):1980–1999. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12195

Table 2.

Distribution of Disability Type, Insurance Type or Status, and Health Care Access and Receipt Outcomes among Adults Aged 18–64 Years with Disabilities in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component 2002–2008

Disability Type
N (Weighted%)
Outcome All Disability N (Weighted%) Hearing Vision Physical Cognitive >One
Insurance
 Privately insured all year 11,076 (54.5) 2,080 (73.3) 1,910 (61.2) 4,203 (58.0) 508 (36.5) 2,375 (40.7)
 Publicly insured all year 5,937 (18.2) 207 (5.3) 291 (5.6) 1,790 (15.8) 667 (30.8) 2,982 (32.2)
 Uninsured part of the year* 2,869 (11.5) 291 (9.1) 496 (13.5) 1,002 (11.3) 257 (15.8) 823 (11.0)
 Uninsured all year 4,259 (15.7) 438 (12.3) 893 (19.7) 1,393 (14.9) 330 (16.9) 1,205 (16.1)
Access and utilization
 No usual source of care 4,533 (18.4) 598 (19.1) 1,032 (26.7) 1,357 (15.8) 441 (24.1) 1,105 (15.3)
 Delayed or forgone care 6,803 (27.7) 477 (15.3) 907 (25.4) 2,097 (24.8) 390 (23.0) 2,932 (40.5)
 Dental checkup 12,296 (46.4) 1,211 (37.1) 1,741 (44.2) 4,041 (43.8) 928 (47.5) 4,375 (55.7)
 No mammogram§ 2,965 (27.8) 180 (23.9) 470 (29.9) 958 (23.2) 178 (34.9) 1,179 (32.2)
 No pap test 2,575 (18.8) 183 (17.9) 342 (15.5) 857 (16.6) 199 (21.8) 994 (23.1)
 No colorectal screening** 5,034 (40.7) 625 (38.0) 655 (51.2) 1,771 (38.6) 295 (54.7) 1,688 (39.1)
Total 24,141 (100) 3,016 (15.0) 3,590 (15.5) 8,388 (34.8) 1,762 (6.8) 7,385 (28.0)
*

Uninsured part of the year and privately or publicly insured the rest of the year.

Delayed or forgone medical or dental care or prescription.

Less than one dental checkup per year.

§

More than 2 years since last mammogram, or never; only women 40 years and older were included (n = 9,997).

More than 3 years since last pap test, or never; only women were included (n = 13,504).

**

Never had colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, or blood stool test; only men and women 50 years and older were included (n = 11,534).