As of 2023, around 20 percent of U.S. adults (or a member of their family) had put off medical treatment for serious conditions due to cost. This was a decrease compared to the record high from the previous year. This statistic presents the delaying of medical treatment due to costs in the United States from 2001 to 2023.
Within the last twelve months, have you or a member of your family put off any sort of medical treatment because of the cost you would have to pay?
(U.S. 2001-2023)
(Asked of those who put off treatment due to cost) When you put off this medical treatment, was it for a condition or illness that was -- very serious, somewhat serious, not very serious, or not at all serious?
May not add up to 100% as percentage of "no opinion" not shown.
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Gallup. (February 9, 2024). Within the last twelve months, have you or a member of your family put off any sort of medical treatment because of the cost you would have to pay? (U.S. 2001-2023) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290080/us-delaying-health-treatment-due-to-cost/
Gallup. "Within the last twelve months, have you or a member of your family put off any sort of medical treatment because of the cost you would have to pay? (U.S. 2001-2023)." Chart. February 9, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290080/us-delaying-health-treatment-due-to-cost/
Gallup. (2024). Within the last twelve months, have you or a member of your family put off any sort of medical treatment because of the cost you would have to pay? (U.S. 2001-2023). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290080/us-delaying-health-treatment-due-to-cost/
Gallup. "Within The Last Twelve Months, Have You or a Member of Your Family Put off Any Sort of Medical Treatment Because of The Cost You Would Have to Pay? (U.S. 2001-2023)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290080/us-delaying-health-treatment-due-to-cost/
Gallup, Within the last twelve months, have you or a member of your family put off any sort of medical treatment because of the cost you would have to pay? (U.S. 2001-2023) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290080/us-delaying-health-treatment-due-to-cost/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Within the last twelve months, have you or a member of your family put off any sort of medical treatment because of the cost you would have to pay? (U.S. 2001-2023) [Graph], Gallup, February 9, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290080/us-delaying-health-treatment-due-to-cost/
