Share of high-need New Yorkers who found it difficult to get to their most recent health appointment Figure 5 Figure 7. Share of high-need New Yorkers who found it difficult to get to their most recent health appointment
Very difficult
Somewhat difficult
Not difficult
25%
5% 20%
75%
2022
17%
7% 10% 83%
2021
15%
<2%
13%
85%
2022
11%
<1%
10% 89%
2021
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Source: Poverty Tracker longitudinal survey data, cohorts three and four. High-need refers to New Yorkers with high healthcare needs, such as multiple chronic health conditions, serious psychological distress, or a work-limiting health condition. Source: Poverty Tracker longitudinal survey data; cohorts three and four. High-need refers to New Yorker with high healthcare needs, such as multiple chronic health conditions, serious psychological distress, or a work-limiting health condition. There are many reasons that high-need New Yorkers might experience difficulty getting to their health- care appointments, especially during the pandemic, which restricted transportation options and mobility around the city at large. In 2022, economically disadvantaged, high-need New Yorkers were more likely than the more-advantaged to have difficulty getting to appointments because of pain (6% vs. 1%, respec- tively) and distance/transportation-related reasons (11% versus 4%, respectively) (Figure 6). This might suggest that economically disadvantaged New Yorkers were less likely to be located near providers and faced greater distance and transportation cost barriers in accessing healthcare. More-advantaged New Yorkers, on the other hand, saw an increase in difficulty getting to appointments because of work or child care (6% in 2022, compared to 1% in 2021), which might be related to returning to work following the height of the pandemic. Regardless, all high-need New Yorkers reported less difficulty getting to their appoint- ments for other, non-listed reasons; qualitative data suggests that much of this “other” drop was related to the waning intensity of the pandemic.
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