APPENDIX A. Additional results
Table A1. Reasons for delaying or forgoing healthcare among high-need New Yorkers
Delayed or forwent healthcare because…
No economic disadvantage
Economic disadvantage
2021 54%
2022 19% 42% 23% 19% 12% 20%
2021
2022
COVID-19 pandemic
69% 36%
Cost to see healthcare professional was too high 49%
6%
13%
Did not know where to go Have not gotten around to it
24% 17% 16% 13% 12% 12%
24% 20%
19%
29%
Lack of transportation Did not have insurance
3%
7% 1%
<1% 16%
Did not have a regular doctor
17% 10% 11% 18%
14%
Concerns about how you would be treated Did not know how to make an appointment
26% 28%
8%
12% 15%
4% 9%
Other reason
24%
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. Note: Results among high-need New Yorkers who delayed or forwent either physical or mental healthcare. Reasons for delaying care are not mutually exclusive.
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