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Percentage of adults 18–64 years old who skipped or delayed medical care because of cost, by disability* and insurance coverage status
*Disability status is based on Basic Actions Difficulty, which involves movement, vision, hearing, emotional upset, and difficulty remembering or being confused, as defined by Altman and Bernstein 2008. See http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/misc/disability2001-2005.pdf [PDF - 859 KB], pp.75-77.
SOURCE: National Health Interview Survey, 2009. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm. Reprinted from MMWR 2010;59(44).
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