Table 4. Rates of Financial and Nonfinancial Barriers to Care in 2020.
| Outcome | Full sample (n = 1804)a | Comparison by race and ethnicity | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black and Latinx (n = 914) | White (n = 746) | P value | |||
| Unadjusted difference | Adjusted differenceb | ||||
| Delay in care because of cost, % (95% CI) | 31.2 (27.6-34.8) | 30.1 (25.1-35.1) | 33.2 (27.6-38.8) | .42 | .03 |
| Delay in care for reasons other than cost, % (95% CI)c | 15.1 (12.5-17.7) | 12.8 (9.5-16.0) | 17.9 (13.5-22.2) | .06 | .33 |
| Fear of contracting COVID-19, % (95% CI) | 8.1 (6.2-10.0) | 7.2 (4.8-9.5) | 9.0 (5.9-12.2) | .35 | .67 |
| Physician’s office closed, % (95% CI) | 4.2 (2.8-5.6) | 3.1 (1.6-4.5) | 5.6 (2.9-8.2) | .08 | .45 |
| No access to telehealth, % (95% CI) | 3.1 (1.9-4.3) | 2.9 (1.4-4.4) | 3.0 (1.0-5.0) | .95 | .55 |
| Did not want to use public transportation, % (95% CI) | 2.8 (1.8-3.9) | 3.8 (1.8-5.7) | 1.7 (0.8-2.6) | .03 | .01 |
| Too busy with work/family, % (95% CI) | 5.2 (3.5-6.8) | 5.4 (3.1-7.7) | 5.3 (2.6-8.0) | .95 | .73 |
| Used telehealth in 2020, % (95% CI) | 29.0 (25.6-32.3) | 26.3 (21.7-30.9) | 32.4 (27.2-37.6) | .09 | .39 |
a
Full sample includes 143 respondents who were not White, Black, or Latinx. Given sample size limitations, we do not present race-stratified results for those observations, but we did include them in the full sample estimates.
b
Adjusted P values from survey-weighted logistic regression models adjusting for sex, age, race and ethnicity, marital status, education, urban vs rural residence, presence of a chronic condition (hypertension, heart attack/coronary artery disease, stroke, asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, depression or anxiety, cancer, or substance use disorder), state, and cumulative county-level COVID-19 rates during 2020.
c
Respondents were allowed to specify 1 or more reasons for not obtaining care in 2020.