Table 2. Usual Source of Care

  Percent with type of usual source of care
  No usual source of care Physician’s office or HMO Hospital-based facility Clinic or health center
U.S. population 11.4 65.5 8.4 13.0
Insurance status        
Medicare 6.3* 72.7* 8.3 10.8*
Private 8.6* 72.2* 6.1* 11.5*
Medicaid and other public coverage 7.9* 50.4* 16.1* 24.2*
Uninsured 32.1* 34.8* 14.8* 16.1*
         

Uninsured by community

       

Cleveland, Ohio

23.9*

37.3

23.4

13.2

Lansing, Mich.

25.8*

42.4*

14.8

14.5

Syracuse, N.Y.

26.2*

32.7

14.6

23.4*

Miami, Fla.

43.0*

33.1

8.1*

12.7

Little Rock, Ark.

31.9

28.9

23.8*

13.1

Seattle, Wash.

36.5

27.2

10.4

25.9*

Indianapolis, Ind.

23.6*

38.9*

22.6

13.1

Phoenix, Ariz.

45.7*

35.0

9.9*

14.1

Boston, Mass.

25.7*

18.4*

31.8*

22.1

Greenville, S.C.

24.8*

40.1*

19.1

13.1

Orange County, Calif.

37.4

30.7

8.2*

18.3

Newark, N.J.

33.5

40.1*

12.2

12.4
         

All metropolitan areas > 200,000 persons

35.5

30.5

15.9

15.6

Metropolitan areas < 200,000 persons

26.6*

39.9*

15.1

17.4

Nonmetropolitan areas

21.4*

48.5*

10.9*

17.4

*For insurance groups, difference with total U.S. population is statistically significant (p < .05). For estimates relating to specific communities or type of community, difference with all metro areas > 200,000 persons is statistically significant (p <. .05).

All site-specific estimates were adjusted to control for differences across communities on the following factors: health status, age, gender, family size, education, family income, race/ethnicity and whether the interview was conducted in Spanish.

Source: Original analysis of Community Tracking Study Household Survey, 1996-1997.

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