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Delays and Unmet Need for Health Care Among Adult Primary Care Patients in a Restructured Urban Public Health System
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estimated prevalence determinants delayed unmet needs medical care among patients restructured public health systemwe conducted stratified crosssectional probability sample primary care patients los angeles county department health services facetoface interviews conducted 1819 adult patients 6 languages response rate 80 study sample raciallyethnically diversethirtythree percent reported delaying needed medical care preceding 12 months 25 reported unmet need care competing priorities 46 either delayed gone without carebarriers needed health care continue exist among patients receiving care large safety net system competing priorities basic necessities lack insurance contribute importantly unmet health care needs