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Access to Care/Health Insurance

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Access to comprehensive, quality health care services is important for promoting and maintaining health, preventing and managing disease, reducing unnecessary disability and premature death, and achieving health equity for all Americans.1

1. Access to Health Services Overview. Healthy People 2020. 2/6/22.

Who's at Risk

Access to care often varies based on race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, age, sex, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and residential location.2

2. Access and Disparities in Access to Health Care. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. May 2016.

How It's Tracked

Estimates of the number of people who are uninsured are available from several different sources, including a number of federal surveys, such as: Clinical preventive services include immunizations, screening tests, lifestyle counseling, and preventive medications and are tracked primarily through the New Jersey Behavioral Risk Factor Survey. See the following Topic pages for lists of Indicator Reports and Queryable Datasets related to:

Other Data Resources