2012 North Carolina Statewide CHAMP Survey Results

Health Care Access and Utilization

During the past 12 months, was there any time when you delayed or did NOT fill a prescription for medicine for (CHILD) because of the COST?1

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  Total
Respond2		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,149 47 3.5 2.4- 5.2 1,102 96.5 94.8-97.6
GENDER
Male 596 28 3.8 2.4- 6.1 568 96.2 93.9-97.6
Female 553 19 3.2 1.6- 6.5 534 96.8 93.5-98.4
RACE
White 737 26 2.9 1.8- 4.6 711 97.1 95.4-98.2
African American 215 12 4.6 2.0-10.1 203 95.4 89.9-98.0
Other Minorities 192 *** *** *** 184 96.1 88.7-98.7
HISPANIC
Yes 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,028 40 3.3 2.1- 4.9 988 96.7 95.1-97.9
AGE GROUPS
Under 5 273 *** *** *** 270 99.4 98.0-99.8
5 through 10 347 19 5.2 2.9- 9.2 328 94.8 90.8-97.1
11 through 13 189 11 5.8 2.1-14.7 178 94.2 85.3-97.9
14 through 17 340 14 3.4 1.8- 6.1 326 96.6 93.9-98.2
PARENT EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 259 *** *** *** 249 97.4 94.8-98.7
Some College 285 15 4.6 2.3- 8.8 270 95.4 91.2-97.7
College Graduate 603 22 3.5 1.8- 6.5 581 96.5 93.5-98.2
SCHOOL
Public School 779 40 4.9 3.2- 7.4 739 95.1 92.6-96.8
Private/Home 128 *** *** *** 124 97.9 93.1-99.4
GRADE
Not In School 294 *** *** *** 288 98.9 97.1-99.6
K-5th 348 17 4.9 2.6- 8.8 331 95.1 91.2-97.4
6th-8th 192 *** *** *** 182 94.6 85.1-98.2
9th-12th3 315 14 3.7 2.1- 6.7 301 96.3 93.3-97.9
HEALTH INSURANCE4
Private 586 25 3.1 1.6- 6.0 561 96.9 94.0-98.4
Public 419 16 3.4 1.9- 5.9 403 96.6 94.1-98.1
Other 83 *** *** *** 81 98.2 92.9-99.6
No health insurance 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Yes 254 23 6.5 3.8-10.9 231 93.5 89.1-96.2
No 881 23 2.7 1.5- 4.7 858 97.3 95.3-98.5

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology, results from 2011 and 2012 are NOT comparable to results from 2010 and earlier.

***This estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards; see N.C. CHAMP Technical Notes for more details

1Asked of all children ages 0 to 17 years

2Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

39th-12th grade includes those in college or other post high school education.

4Health Insurance categories: PRIVATE = State Employee Health Plan, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of NC, or other private health insurance plan purchased from an employer or directly from insurance company.
PUBLIC = Medicaid, Carolina ACCESS, Health Check, or NC Health Choice. OTHER = the military, CHAMPUS, TRI CARE, Indian Health Servcies or other type not otherwise listed.

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