Income disparities in healthcare quality measures U.S. 2017-2019
The disparity by income was largest comparing the poor vs. high-income households. People in poor households (less than 100%FPL) received worse care than high-income households (400% or more FPL) on 57 percent of quality measures.
This statistic depicts the percentage of healthcare quality measures for which members of low or middle-income groups had better or worse quality of care than high-income group in the U.S. in 2017, 2018, or 2019.