Helmsley: Patterns of Delayed Healthcare.

Need for healthcare over time among high-need New Yorkers Figure 1

2021

2022

70% 80% 90% 100%

59%

20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 56%

52%

51% 51%

50%

34% 34%

10% 0%

Economic disadvantage

No economic disadvantage

Economic disadvantage

No economic disadvantage

Needed physical healthcare

Needed mental healthcare

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.

Changes in healthcare receipt among high-need New Yorkers The degree to which New Yorkers pursued healthcare changed over the course of the pandemic. While some high-need New Yorkers increasingly pursued the healthcare services they needed, others found themselves delaying—and in some cases forgoing—such care. Rates of receiving, delaying, and forgoing care varied by economic disadvantage (Figure 2).

PATTERNS OF DELAYED HEALTHCARE AMONG NEW YORKERS WITH HIGH HEALTHCARE NEED 6

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