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Adults with a Usual Source of Health Care
| Value: |
82.1 percent |
Measurement
Period: |
2010 |
| Location: |
Region : Tampa Bay
Located in State: Florida
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| Comparison: |
FL Counties |
| Categories: |
Health / Access to Health Services
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Why do some zip codes appear, while others do not?
Zip code boundaries change from year to year. Changes include new, consolidated, and removed zip codes and occur more frequently than indicator data is collected and reported. Therefore HCI must select Zip Code boundary files that most closely match the geographies for which we have data.
My Indicator has a map tag, but I cannot see a map.
A map is missing only when a site maintains indicator data at a geography that is NOT included in our map boundary file. Example: data for Zip Code 12345 is from 2010, and Zip Code 12345 no longer exists as of 2012, the year of HCI's zip code boundary file. Therefore the map for this zip code cannot be displayed.
Why can't I see my custom service area?
HCI maps are designed to map standard geographies (county, zip code, and census tract) and in most cases will not display a custom area.
Why is the indicator data year for one location different from the others?
HCI will occasionally suppress values due to instability of the reported data. Consequently, values shown at other locations on the map may be from different measurement periods than the one shown on this page. Example: Zip Code 1 and Zip Code 2 both have 2010 data for the same indicator, but the data for Zip Code 2 is unstable. Our system will show 2010 data for Zip Code 1, and suppress the 2010 data for Zip Code 2, instead showing the most currently available, stable data.
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What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the percentage of adults that report having one or more persons they think of as their personal doctor or health care provider. |
| Why this is important: People who lack a regular source of health care may not receive the proper medical services when they need them. This can lead to missed diagnoses, untreated conditions, and adverse health outcomes. People without a regular source of health care are less likely to get routine checkups and screenings. When they become ill, they generally delay seeking treatment until the condition is more advanced and therefore more difficult and costly to treat. Young children and elderly adults are most likely to have a usual source of care, whereas adults aged 18 to 64 years are the least likely. Maintaining regular contact with a health care provider is especially difficult for low-income people, who are less likely to have health insurance. This often results in emergency room visits, which raises overall costs and lessens the continuity of care. The Healthy People 2020 national health target is to increase the proportion of people with a usual primary care provider to 83.9%. |
| Technical Note: The distribution is based on data from 67 Florida counties. |
| Source: Florida Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
| URL of Source: http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Disease_ctrl/epi/brfss/reports... |
| URL of Data: http://www.floridacharts.com/charts/brfss.aspx |
More Details:
The regional value presented is an estimate derived from county level data. |
| Maintained By: Healthy Communities Institute |
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Time Series Data
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Adults with a Usual Source of Health Care
| Value: |
82.1 percent |
Measurement
Period: |
2010 |
| Location: |
Region : Tampa Bay
Located in State: Florida
[ View All Location Types ] |
| Comparison: |
Prior Value |
| Categories: |
Health / Access to Health Services
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What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the percentage of adults that report having one or more persons they think of as their personal doctor or health care provider. |
| Why this is important: People who lack a regular source of health care may not receive the proper medical services when they need them. This can lead to missed diagnoses, untreated conditions, and adverse health outcomes. People without a regular source of health care are less likely to get routine checkups and screenings. When they become ill, they generally delay seeking treatment until the condition is more advanced and therefore more difficult and costly to treat. Young children and elderly adults are most likely to have a usual source of care, whereas adults aged 18 to 64 years are the least likely. Maintaining regular contact with a health care provider is especially difficult for low-income people, who are less likely to have health insurance. This often results in emergency room visits, which raises overall costs and lessens the continuity of care. The Healthy People 2020 national health target is to increase the proportion of people with a usual primary care provider to 83.9%. |
| Technical Note: The trend is a comparison between the most recent and previous measurement periods. Confidence intervals were not taken into account in determining the direction of the trend. |
| Source: Florida Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
| URL of Source: http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Disease_ctrl/epi/brfss/reports... |
| URL of Data: http://www.floridacharts.com/charts/brfss.aspx |
More Details:
The regional value presented is an estimate derived from county level data. |
| Maintained By: Healthy Communities Institute |
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Time Series Data
percent
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Adults with a Usual Source of Health Care
| Value: |
82.1 percent |
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Healthy People 2020 Target:
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83.9 percent |
Measurement
Period: |
2010 |
| Location: |
Region : Tampa Bay
Located in State: Florida
[ View All Location Types ] |
| Comparison: |
Healthy People 2020 Target |
| Categories: |
Health / Access to Health Services
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What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the percentage of adults that report having one or more persons they think of as their personal doctor or health care provider. |
| Why this is important: People who lack a regular source of health care may not receive the proper medical services when they need them. This can lead to missed diagnoses, untreated conditions, and adverse health outcomes. People without a regular source of health care are less likely to get routine checkups and screenings. When they become ill, they generally delay seeking treatment until the condition is more advanced and therefore more difficult and costly to treat. Young children and elderly adults are most likely to have a usual source of care, whereas adults aged 18 to 64 years are the least likely. Maintaining regular contact with a health care provider is especially difficult for low-income people, who are less likely to have health insurance. This often results in emergency room visits, which raises overall costs and lessens the continuity of care. The Healthy People 2020 national health target is to increase the proportion of people with a usual primary care provider to 83.9%. |
| Source: Florida Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
| URL of Source: http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Disease_ctrl/epi/brfss/reports... |
| URL of Data: http://www.floridacharts.com/charts/brfss.aspx |
More Details:
The regional value presented is an estimate derived from county level data. |
| Maintained By: Healthy Communities Institute |
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Time Series Data
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