Table 4.
The Association between State Acceptance of New Medicaid Patients or the State Primary Care Medicaid-to-Medicare Fee Ratio and Measures of Experience with Physician Availability for Adults Aged 18–64 on Medicaid (NHIS 2011/2012)
| Unadjusted Percent for the Medicaid/CHIP Sample (n = 3,915) | All | Percent of Primary Care Physicians Accepting New Medicaid Patients | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <60% | 60–74% | 75%+ | ||
| Doctor's office or clinic indicated that they did not accept adult's insurance | 7.93 (0.63) | 8.45* (0.80) | 7.73 (1.05) | 5.19 (1.75) |
| Had trouble finding ha general doctor or provider to see the adult | 4.69 (0.47) | 5.00 (0.61) | 4.39 (0.79) | 4.27 (1.55) |
| Was not able to get a general doctor or provider to see the adult | 1.39 (0.26) | 1.47 (0.32) | 1.28 (0.45) | 1.40 (1.09) |
| Did not get care in the last year because it took too long to get an appointment | 8.73 (0.67) | 8.92 (0.84) | 8.33 (1.17) | 9.60 (2.06) |
| Did not get care in the past year because the wait in the doctor's office was too long | 7.97 (0.58) | 9.50*** (0.80) | 6.51*** (0.80) | 4.91 (0.92) |
| At least one visit with a doctor or health care professional in the past year | 85.40 (0.82) | 83.73*** (1.15) | 86.89 (1.30) | 89.31 (1.47) |
| Medicaid-to-Medicare Primary Care Fee Ratio | <50% | 50–74% | 75%+ | |
| Doctor's office or clinic indicated that they did not accept adult's insurance | 7.75 (1.00) | 9.00* (0.99) | 6.01 (1.41) | |
| Had trouble finding a general doctor or provider to see the adult | 4.22 (0.76) | 5.64*** (0.73) | 2.89 (0.75) | |
| Was not able to get a general doctor or provider to see the adult | 1.36** (0.44) | 1.75*** (0.41) | 0.37 (0.21) | |
| Did not get care in the last year because it took too long to get an appointment | 8.28 (1.14) | 9.18 (0.99) | 8.11 (1.28) | |
| Did not get care in the past year because the wait in the doctor's office was too long | 7.71 (0.94) | 8.00 (0.89) | 8.81 (1.45) | |
| At least one visit with a doctor or health care professional in the past year | 82.28* (1.41) | 87.81 (1.17) | 86.48 (1.83) | |
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.
[Correction added on 13 April 2015, after first online publication: The numbers in the “All” column of Table4 have been corrected from “9.45 (1.20), 4.66 (0.78), 1.18 (0.44), 9.13 (1.08), 8.38 (1.03), 89.72 (1.18)” to “7.93 (0.63), 4.69 (0.47), 1.39 (0.26), 8.73 (0.67), 7.97 (0.58), 85.40 (0.82)”, respectively.]