Table 2.
Household-level respondent experience in using and accessing healthcare services, Washington State, 2018 to 2019.
| RUCA 4-tier | RUCA 2-tier | RUCC 2-tier | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Suburban | Large rural | Small rural | Significance | Urban | Rural | Significance | Metro | Non-metro | Significance | ||
| Usual source of medical care | .06 | .00 | .00 | |||||||||
| Hospital emergency room | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.2 | |||
| Other | 4.7 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 4.3 | |||
| PCP, such as a physician or nurse practitioner | 85.3 | 88.8 | 86.2 | 86.7 | 85.7 | 86.4 | 85.8 | 85.4 | 85.8 | |||
| Walk-in clinic (without an appointment) | 10.1 | 7.4 | 10.5 | 8.5 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 10.4 | 9.8 | |||
| Distance usually traveled to get medical care | .00 | .00 | .00 | |||||||||
| Your postal address city or town | 63.9 | 34.0 | 48.3 | 46.6 | 60.4 | 47.7 | 60.2 | 47.0 | 58.9 | |||
| Another city or town <30 miles away | 32.3 | 58.0 | 40.4 | 25.8 | 35.3 | 35.0 | 35.4 | 33.3 | 35.2 | |||
| Distant city or town >30 miles away | 3.9 | 8.0 | 11.3 | 27.6 | 4.3 | 17.3 | 4.3 | 19.7 | 5.9 | |||
| Rating of community on the availability of good, affordable healthcare | .09 | .03 | .01 | |||||||||
| Excellent | 12.3 | 13.3 | 9.8 | 5.5 | 12.4 | 8.2 | 12.6 | 5.9 | 11.9 | |||
| Good | 37.7 | 32.5 | 31.4 | 35.4 | 37.1 | 32.9 | 36.8 | 34.5 | 36.6 | |||
| Fair | 30.3 | 38.8 | 30.2 | 37.2 | 31.3 | 32.8 | 31.5 | 31.0 | 31.5 | |||
| Poor | 17.2 | 10.4 | 19.8 | 12.2 | 16.4 | 16.9 | 16.2 | 19.0 | 16.5 | |||
| Very poor | 2.5 | 5.1 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 2.8 | 9.2 | 2.9 | 9.7 | 3.5 | |||
| Time since routine check-up with a PCP | .72 | .49 | .36 | |||||||||
| <12 month ago | 72.1 | 75.6 | 70.5 | 76.7 | 72.5 | 72.8 | 72.3 | 74.3 | 72.5 | |||
| 1-2 year ago | 14.7 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 9.2 | 14.3 | 10.7 | 14.3 | 9.7 | 13.9 | |||
| 2-5 year ago | 5.4 | 7.6 | 9.7 | 7.4 | 5.7 | 8.9 | 5.7 | 9.1 | 6.1 | |||
| 5 or more years ago | 7.8 | 5.9 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 7.6 | |||
Abbreviations: Metro, metropolitan; PCP, primary care provider; RUCA, rural-urban commuting area classification scheme based on ZIP codes; RUCC, rural-urban commuting code classification scheme based on county; Sig, significance.
Values represent survey-weighted percentages. Significance indicates results from design-based Pearson chi square test comparing distributions across rurality classification schemes.