USCPRDIFTEL
Difficulty reaching usual medical provider by phone during business hours
Group: Access to Care — PERSON
Description
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PRELIMINARY VARIABLE:
Variable description may change once we confirm the universe and assess the comparability of this variable over time.
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For persons eligible for the Access to Care supplement with a usual source of care, USCPRDIFTEL reports the level of difficulty individuals experience in contacting a medical provider at their usual source of care over the telephone for a health problem. USCPRDIFTEL is collected as part of the Access to Care supplement, which gathers information on usual source of care for all family members, characteristics of usual source of care health providers, and barriers family members have faced in obtaining needed health care.
Codes and Frequencies
Comparability
The comparability of this variable over time has not yet been assessed.Universe
The universe for this variable has not yet been confirmed.
Availability
- 2002-2016
Weights
- 2002-2016 : PERWEIGHT
