Racial and ethnic disparities in health access measures U.S. 2019

No ethnic/racial groups experienced better access to healthcare (across different access measures from health insurance to usual source of care) compared with non-Hispanic White or White people in 2017, 2018, or 2019. The exception is Asians, where they experienced better access than White population on 2 access measures (or 14 percent) but experienced worse access than White population on 4 measures (or 29 percent). The disparity was largest comparing Hispanic vs. non-Hispanic White population . This statistic depicts the percentage of healthcare access measures for which members of select ethnic groups had better or worse access to care than White population in the U.S. in 2017, 2018, or 2019.

Percentage of healthcare access measures for which members of select ethnic groups had better or worse access to care than White population in the U.S. in 2017-2019

Characteristic	Better	Same	Worse
Hispanic vs. Non-Hispanic White	-	21%	79%
Black vs. White	-	47%	53%
AI/AN vs. White	-	50%	50%
Asian vs. White	14%	57%	29%
>1 ethnicity vs. White	-	79%	21%
NHPI vs. White	-	100%	-

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Release date

December 2021

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Region

North America, United States

Survey time period

2017, 2018, or 2019

Supplementary notes

AI/AN = American Indian or Alaska Native.
NHPI = Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander.

Access measures:
Access to healthcare means having “the timely use of personal health services to achieve the best health outcomes.” Measures of access to care tracked in the NHQDR include having health insurance, having a usual source of care, encountering difficulties when seeking care, and receiving care as soon as wanted.

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