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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Serv Res. 2009 Mar 5;44(3):946–964. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.00952.x

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for dependent variables (N=655)*

Characteristic Percent or mean (standard deviation)
Change in clinic/provider in past 12 months
 Any change in clinic or provider 15
Perceived access to care
 Satisfaction with access to care (mean) 4 (1)
 Experienced difficulty/delay in obtaining health care in past 12 months 7
 Took less of prescription or delayed filling prescription because of cost 5
Preventive care use in past 12 months
 Complete health exam 78
 Routine dental checkup 85
 Pelvic exam or pap smear 66
 Mammogram 79
 Flu shot 64
 Blood pressure checked 95
 Cholesterol test 77
 Heart or exercise stress test 18
Clinic/hospital use in past 12 months
 Saw doctor in clinic 93
 Stayed In hospital 1+ days 9
 Went to ER for medical treatment 14
 Outpatient surgery 15
 Chiropractor 17
 Saw dentist/oral surgeon 84
Health status
 Fair/poor health 8
 HUI score (mean) 0.85 (0.18)
 SF12-Physical score (mean) 49 (9)
 SF12-Mental score (mean) 56 (6)
*

Parentheses indicate standard deviations.

Values represent percents unless specified otherwise.