AHRQ Stats: Health Care Coverage

The percentage of people without health insurance decreased from 22 percent in 2010 to 20 percent in 2013. The percentage of uninsured fell further, to 16 percent, in the first half of 2014. (Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Chartbook on Access to Health Care.)

Chartbook on Access to Health Care

National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report

RELATED PUBLICATIONS

This Access to Health Care chartbook is part of a family of documents and tools that support the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (QDR). The QDR includes annual reports to Congress mandated in the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-129). This chartbook includes a summary of trends across measures of access to health care from the QDR and figures illustrating select measures of access. A PowerPoint® version is also available that users can download for presentations.

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Chartbook on Access to Health Care [ PDF File, 2.2 MB ].
Chartbook on Access to Health Care: Slide Presentation [ PowerPoint File, 667 KB; Text Version ].

Acknowledgments
Access to Health Care
   National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
   Changes for 2014
   Key Findings of the 2014 QDR
   Access to Health Care
   Health Insurance
   Services
   Timeliness
   Infrastructure
   References

This document is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without permission. Citation of the source is appreciated. Suggested citation: 2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report chartbook on access to health care. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2015. AHRQ Pub. No. 15-0007-1-EF.

Page last reviewed April 2015

Internet Citation: Chartbook on Access to Health Care. April 2015. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/access/index.html