Table 1.
Measures of Experience with Physician Availability for Children on Medicaid or CHIP and Privately Insured Children (NHIS 2011/2012)
| Percents | All | Percent of Primary Care Physicians Accepting New Medicaid Patients | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <60% | 60–74% | 75%+ | ||
| Children on Medicaid/CHIP (n = 9,009) | ||||
| Doctor's office or clinic indicated that they did not accept child's insurance | 4.06 (0.30) | 5.31*** (0.83) | 4.37*** (0.44) | 2.73 (0.41) |
| Had trouble finding a general doctor or provider to see the child | 2.07 (0.22) | 2.86** (0.62) | 2.33** (0.33) | 1.12 (0.26) |
| Was not able to get a general doctor or provider to see the child | 0.56 (0.12) | 1.49*** (0.40) | 0.45* (0.16) | 0.13 (0.07) |
| Did not get care in the last year because it took too long to get an appointment | 6.05 (0.33) | 7.49*** (0.69) | 6.51*** (0.53) | 4.36 (0.44) |
| Did not get care in the past year because the wait in the doctor's office was too long | 6.03 (0.42) | 8.63*** (0.90) | 6.24*** (0.65) | 3.99 (0.52) |
| At least one visit with a doctor or health care professional in the past year | 91.96 (0.42) | 89.66*** (1.06) | 91.89** (0.63) | 93.61 (0.58) |
| Privately insured children (n = 11,778) | ||||
| Doctor's office or clinic indicated that they did not accept child's insurance | 0.95 (0.11) | 0.73 (0.16) | 1.04 (0.18) | 0.94 (0.19) |
| Had trouble finding a general doctor or provider to see the child | 0.62 (0.09) | 0.67 (0.18) | 0.66 (0.12) | 0.54 (0.14) |
| Was not able to get a general doctor or provider to see the child | 0.11 (0.03) | 0.03 (0.03) | 0.16 (0.06) | 0.07 (0.04) |
| Did not get care in the last year because it took too long to get an appointment | 3.09 (0.19) | 3.56 (0.47) | 3.08 (0.29) | 2.81 (0.32) |
| Did not get care in the past year because the wait in the doctor's office was too long | 2.23 (0.17) | 2.70 (0.40) | 2.22 (0.28) | 1.95 (0.28) |
| At least one visit with a doctor or health care professional in the past year | 93.06 (0.34) | 92.02 (0.73) | 93.46 (0.51) | 93.12 (0.57) |
Notes: The table presents sample means with standard errors in parentheses.
The symbols *, **, and *** indicate that the difference relative to at least 75% is statistically significant at the 10, 5, and 1 percent levels, respectively.