TABLE 2—

Comparison of Access to Care Between Insurance-Based Discrimination and No Insurance-Based Discrimination: 2013 Minnesota Health Access Survey

Access to Care	No Insurance-Based Discrimination, % (SE)	Insurance-Based Discrimination, % (SE)
Lack of a usual source of care	18.0 (1.1)	34.5 (4.6)
Lack of confidence in getting care	4.2 (0.5)	21.6 (3.8)
Any care forgone because of cost	22.0 (1.1)	63.8 (4.5)
Did not fill a prescription for medicine	8.3 (0.7)	34.6 (4.4)
Did not get dental care	15.2 (1.0)	44.5 (4.6)
Did not get routine medical care	7.9 (0.8)	32.6 (4.1)
Did not get mental health care	3.9 (0.5)	20.5 (3.5)
Did not get specialist care	4.5 (0.6)	22.8 (3.6)
Any provider level barriers	13.5 (0.9)	35.7 (4.4)
Refusal of insurance coverage	2.2 (0.3)	13.1 (2.9)
Not accepting new patients	3.1 (0.4)	15.7 (3.2)
Unable to get doctor’s visit as soon as needed	10.9 (0.8)	27.5 (4.2)

Note. All Ps < .001. Data from the 2013 Minnesota Health Access Survey were restricted to adults aged 18–64 years who reported about their own experiences of insurance-based discrimination. Data were weighted to represent the state’s population. Standard errors were calculated using Taylor linearized series.