West Virginia Social Survey reports on unmet medical needs due to cost and having a primary care provider released

The 2020 West Virginia Social Survey (WVSS), a representative survey of non-institutionalized adults in West Virginia, found that 19% of West Virginians had unmet medical needs in the past year because they could not afford medical care. The WVSS also found that 86% of West Virginian’s report having a primary care provider, although this varies by county with some counties having rates as low as 41%.

Read the full West Virginia Social Survey reports on unmet medical needs and having a primary care provider.

The WVSS was funded by the WVU Department of Sociology and Anthropology, co-directed by associate professors Christopher P. Scheitle and Katie E. Corcoran and executed by the Survey Research Center at WVU.

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