Estimated Number of Clients at Program Sites Who Had Been Refused Medical Care (8.2.2N)
As shown in Table 8.2.1N, the findings discussed above indicate that nearly 1 million adult clients of the A2H system had been refused medical care in the previous year, due to not being able to pay or care or because they lacked insurance.
Table 8.2.1N
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF CLIENTS AT PROGRAM SITES WHO HAD BEEN REFUSED MEDICAL CARE
|
Adult Clients Who Pick Up Food at a Pantry |
Adult Clients at a Kitchen |
Adult Clients at a Shelter |
Adult Clients at All Program Sties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Clients who had been refused medical care because they could not pay or because they had a Medicaid or medical assistance card during the previous 12 months |
|
|
|
|
Yes |
793,800 |
101,700 |
61,200 |
963,600 |
No |
7,722,900 |
889,100 |
605,100 |
9,210,800 |
Not refused care, but avoid providers who don’t accept medical assistance |
29,100 |
5,200 |
2,000 |
37,600 |
Not refused care, but finding providers that accept medical assistance is a problem |
54,200 |
3,900 |
1,800 |
58,100 |
ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF CLIENTS AT PROGRAM SITES |
8,600,000 |
1,000,000 |
670,000 |
10,270,000 |
Note:
Columns in this table do not exactly add up to the column total. This discrepancy occurs because tables showing percentage distributions are weighted with the monthly weight, while the number of clients presented in this table is estimated at the annual level. Because the relationship between the monthly and annual weights varies across individuals depending on the frequency of visits to program sites, applying annual estimates to a monthly snapshot of percentage distributions results in small discrepancies in column totals.
Related findings are:
- Clients refused care included 0.8 million pantry clients and 0.1 million kitchen clients.
- Another 0.1 million A2H clients reported trying to avoid medical providers who didn’t accept medical assistance or find those who do accept.
CHART 8.2.1