Access to Care Data
Ensuring access to healthcare is important. A variety of factors can lead to varying access to healthcare, like socioeconomic status, language or cultural barriers, or environmental factors like availability of services and transportation.
In 2017, we updated the 2015 Central Oregon Regional Health Assessment (RHA) with new data. This page provides an overview of updated data on access to care. Please read through the information below, or download the access to care overview handout from the supporting documents section at the bottom of the page.
You can find additional data related to access to care, as well as information on a variety of other health topics in the Regional Health Assessment Midpoint Update document.
Percent of population aged under 65, uninsured (Click for larger image)
The American Community Survey (ACS) is conducted annually by the federal government, and it provides us with important information about our community and the people who live in Central Oregon. Data from the ACS helps us estimate how many people in our community have health insurance. The percent of the population under the age of 65 who were uninsured was higher in Central Oregon counties than in Oregon as a whole.
Quality of care for Central Oregon OHP members (Click for larger image)
Data from the Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey (CAHPS) helps us to monitor how easily individuals in our community who are on the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) can access care when needed. Although 75% of Central Oregonians on OHP said that they usually/always got care when needed for an illness or injury, this percentage is lower than the percentage seen among OHP members across Oregon as a whole.
Unmet healthcare need (Click for larger image)
Oregon's Office of Rural Health releases an annual report related to Areas of Unmet Health Care Need in Oregon. The 2017 report indicates that:
- The Warm Springs area is among the top ten areas of highest unmet health care need in the state of Oregon.
- Warm Springs is also ranked in the top five areas of Oregon with the highest inadequate prenatal care.
- Sisters, Madras, La Pine, Redmond, and Prineville are all considered areas that are below Oregon's average primary care capacity level.
- Sisters, Madras, Warm Springs, La Pine, and Prineville are all considered areas that are below Oregon's average mental health provider capacity level.
- Madras, Prineville, and La Pine are the three areas of Central Oregon with the lowest capacity to meet dental care needs.
Supporting Documents
Access to Care, RHA midpoint update (137 KB) 
Unmet healthcare need image (109 KB) 
