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Unmet healthcare needs in the U.S.

Statistics report about unmet healthcare needs in the U.S.

This report presents key facts and figures about the unmet healthcare needs of the people in the United States. It provides the number of people who have unmet medical needs by age, race, health insurance status, sexual orientation, and geography. This report provides insights into various reasons Americans delay or avoid medical care. There is also a special chapter on unmet mental health care needs of the U.S. population.

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Overview

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  • Premium Statistic U.S. population who had to forgo medical care due to cost 2013-2024
  • Basic Statistic Types of healthcare services cut back on to pay household expenses in the U.S. 2022
  • Premium Statistic Types of health services people delayed or avoided due to costs in the U.S. in 2022
  • Premium Statistic American adults who had to forgo medical care due to cost in 2023, by insurance type
  • Premium Statistic Share of patients with unmet healthcare needs in the U.S. in 2019, by source of care
  • Basic Statistic U.S. workers with employer insurance who skipped health care due to cost, 2018

Uninsured

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  • Premium Statistic Share of total U.S. population without health insurance in 2022, by state
  • Premium Statistic Percentage and rate of uninsured U.S. adult workers 2023, by industry
  • Premium Statistic Uninsured U.S. adult women in 2023 by age
  • Basic Statistic Uninsured rate of U.S. non-elderly population by age 2024
  • Basic Statistic Uninsured U.S. children percentage and rate by age 2023
  • Basic Statistic Share of uninsured U.S. children eligible for health coverage by eligibility 2020

Non-eldely population

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  • Basic Statistic Delaying medical treatment due to cost U.S. 2001-2023
  • Basic Statistic Adults who delayed health care due to costs U.S. 2020, by political orientation
  • Premium Statistic Share of healthcare debt-related barriers to accessing care in the U.S. in 2022
  • Basic Statistic Leading reasons for dropping health coverage in the U.S. in 2022
  • Basic Statistic Leading reasons for not purchasing health coverage in the U.S. in 2022

Senior citizens

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  • Premium Statistic Share of senior citizens who avoided care due to costs in the U.S. in 2021, by state
  • Premium Statistic Share of senior citizens who avoided care due to costs in the U.S. in 2023, by race
  • Premium Statistic Share of senior citizens who avoided care due to costs in the U.S. in 2023, by income
  • Basic Statistic Share of older adults forgoing health care due to cost worldwide 2021

Veterans

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  • Basic Statistic Types of barriers to VA care reported by U.S. veterans with the WWP as of 2022
  • Basic Statistic Veterans without health insurance coverage in the U.S. in 2021, by income
  • Premium Statistic Main barriers to access primary health care reported by veterans in the U.S. in 2021
  • Basic Statistic Treatment gap for mental health and substance use disorder among veterans U.S. 2022

Unmet healthcare needs by sexuality

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  • Premium Statistic Unmet health care needs due to costs in the U.S. in 2022. by sexuality
  • Premium Statistic Unmet health care needs due to discrimination in the U.S. in 2022, by sexuality
  • Premium Statistic LGBTQ+ people who encountered refusals by health care providers in the U.S. 2022
  • Premium Statistic Transgender people who encountered refusals by health care providers in the U.S. 2022

Focus- Unmet mental health needs

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  • Premium Statistic Adults who had unmet needs for mental health treatment in the U.S. in 2023, by state
  • Premium Statistic Share of adults with mental illness who are uninsured in the U.S. in 2023, by state
  • Basic Statistic Share of reasons women in U.S. could not access mental health services in 2022
  • Premium Statistic Youth who had unmet needs for major depression in the U.S. in 2023, by state
  • Premium Statistic Share of children unable to receive mental health care in the U.S. in 2023, by state
  • Premium Statistic Employee access to mental health services at work in the U.S. 2022
  • Basic Statistic Treatment gap among U.S. women with substance use and mental disorders in 2022
  • Basic Statistic Barriers to mood disorder treatments for U.S. adults as of 2021
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