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Table 3. Convenience of Getting Care

  Percent with appointment1 Average travel time (minutes)1 Average office waiting time (minutes)1
U.S. population 84.6 19.9 25.3
Insurance status      
Medicare 89.9* 23.0* 23.8
Private 85.6 18.7* 23.2*
Medicaid and other public coverage 78.0* 20.7 34.1*
Uninsured 71.4* 21.9* 35.4*
       

Uninsured by community

     

Cleveland, Ohio

73.7

17.9

33.6

Lansing, Mich.

78.0

16.7*

33.8

Syracuse, N.Y.

77.0

18.8

37.6

Miami, Fla.

66.0

25.0

47.0

Little Rock, Ark

78.0

19.0

40.9

Seattle, Wash.

70.8

21.3

38.0

Indianapolis, Ind.

78.3

18.3

34.1

Phoenix, Ariz.

74.8

19.4

26.5*

Boston, Mass.

72.6

20.9

42.9

Greenville, S.C.

71.1

19.9

49.4*

Orange County, Calif.

68.4

20.8

30.7

Newark, N.J.

72.1

19.8

43.7

       

All metropolitan areas > 200,000 persons

71.9

20.4

38.2

Metropolitan areas < 200,000 persons

65.6*

16.8*

36.7

Nonmetropolitan areas

71.5

26.8

26.6*

*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.

1Based on the last physician visit in the previous year. Persons with no physician visits in the previous year were excluded from the analysis.

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

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