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Adults with a Usual Source of Health Care
| Value: |
82.0 percent |
Measurement
Period: |
2010 |
| Location: |
County : Volusia
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| Comparison: |
FL Counties |
| Categories: |
Health / Access to Health Services
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What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the percentage of adults that report having one or more persons they think of as their personal doctor or health care provider. |
| Why this is important: People who lack a regular source of health care may not receive the proper medical services when they need them. This can lead to missed diagnoses, untreated conditions, and adverse health outcomes. People without a regular source of health care are less likely to get routine checkups and screenings. When they become ill, they generally delay seeking treatment until the condition is more advanced and therefore more difficult and costly to treat. Young children and elderly adults are most likely to have a usual source of care, whereas, adults aged 18 to 64 years are the least likely. Maintaining regular contact with a health care provider is especially difficult for low-income people, who are less likely to have health insurance. This often results in emergency room visits, which raises overall costs and lessens the continuity of care.
The Healthy People 2020 national health target is to increase the proportion of people with a usual primary care provider to 83.9%. |
| Technical Note: The distribution is based on data from all 67 Florida counties. |
| Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
| URL of Source: http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.htm |
| URL of Data: http://www.floridacharts.com/charts/brfss.aspx |
| Maintained By: Health Planning Council of Northeast Florida |
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Time Series Data
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Adults with a Usual Source of Health Care by Age
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Adults with a Usual Source of Health Care by Gender
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Adults with a Usual Source of Health Care
| Value: |
82.0 percent |
Measurement
Period: |
2010 |
| Location: |
County : Volusia
[ View Every County ] |
| Comparison: |
Prior Value |
| Categories: |
Health / Access to Health Services
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What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the percentage of adults that report having one or more persons they think of as their personal doctor or health care provider. |
| Why this is important: People who lack a regular source of health care may not receive the proper medical services when they need them. This can lead to missed diagnoses, untreated conditions, and adverse health outcomes. People without a regular source of health care are less likely to get routine checkups and screenings. When they become ill, they generally delay seeking treatment until the condition is more advanced and therefore more difficult and costly to treat. Young children and elderly adults are most likely to have a usual source of care, whereas, adults aged 18 to 64 years are the least likely. Maintaining regular contact with a health care provider is especially difficult for low-income people, who are less likely to have health insurance. This often results in emergency room visits, which raises overall costs and lessens the continuity of care.
The Healthy People 2020 national health target is to increase the proportion of people with a usual primary care provider to 83.9%. |
| Technical Note: The trend is a comparison between the most recent and previous measurement periods. Confidence intervals were taken into account in determining the direction of the trend. |
| Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
| URL of Source: http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.htm |
| URL of Data: http://www.floridacharts.com/charts/brfss.aspx |
| Maintained By: Health Planning Council of Northeast Florida |
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Time Series Data
percent
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Adults with a Usual Source of Health Care by Age
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Adults with a Usual Source of Health Care by Gender
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