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1-6. Difficulties or delays in obtaining needed health care

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1-6. Reduce the proportion of families that experience difficulties or delays in obtaining health care or do not receive needed care for one or more family members.
Target: 7 percent.
Baseline: 12 percent of families experienced difficulties or delays in obtaining health care or did not receive needed care in 1996.
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source : Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), AHRQ.

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