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South Carolina At-a-Glance
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| Health Insurance Coverage Type (2022)1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Uninsured | 9.00% | |
| Employer | 49.10% | |
| Individual | 6.80% | |
| Medicaid/CHIP | 13.90% | |
| Medicare | 21.20% |
| Cost of Care | |||
| SC | US | ||
| Medicaid Expenses as a Percent of State Budgets 2 | 24.30% | 28.9% | |
| Per Person State Public Health Funding 3 | $27 | N/A | |
| Average Annual Employer-Sponsored Insurance Premium, Single Coverage 4 | $7,252.00 | $7,590 | |
| Average Annual Employer-Sponsored Insurance Deductible, Single Coverage 4 | $2,167.00 | $1,992 | |
| Health Care Access & Utilization | |||
| SC | US | ||
| Physicians Who Accept New Medicaid Patients 5 | 88.80% | 73.7% | |
| Had Usual Source of Medical Care 6 | 90.30% | 90.4% | |
| Had General Doctor or Provider Visit 6 | 87.40% | 85.0% | |
| Had Broadband Internet Access 7 | 89.11% | 90.94% | |
| Had Adult Cancer Screenings 8 | 65.50% | 62.64% | |
| Health Behaviors & Outcomes | |||
| SC | US | ||
| Adults with Fair or Poor Health Status 9 | 15.38% | 13.48% | |
| Chronic Disease Prevalence 8 | 25.46% | 25.31% | |
| Adult Smoking Rates 8 | 15.39% | 12.88% | |
| Opioid-related Deaths per 100,000 People 10 | 42.8 | 32.4 | |
| Alcohol-involved Deaths per 100,000 People 10 | 16.5 | 14.4 | |
| Affordability of Care | |||
| SC | US | ||
| Median Medical Out-of-Pocket Spending 9 | $1,600.00 | $1,750 | |
| Had High Medical Care Cost Burden 9 | 14.90% | 16.25% | |
| Forgone Needed Medical Care Due to Cost 8 | 12.80% | 11.13% | |
| Had Trouble Paying Medical Bills 6 | 16.30% | 11.6% | |
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Sources
1. SHADAC analysis of the 2022 American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files. Note: The sum of percentages in pie may not be 100% due to rounding.
2. SHADAC analysis of the 2022 State Expenditure Reports, National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO). Medicaid expenditures include both state and federal dollars.
3. SHADAC analysis of 2021 Shortchanging America's Health, Investing in America's Health, The Impact of Chronic Underfunding on America's Public Health System, Trust for America's Health (TFAH). Note: Dollar amount represents state per capita public health funding during the fiscal year.
4. SHADAC analysis of the 2022 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component (MEPS-IC), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends (CFACT).
5. SHADAC analysis of the 2020 National Electronic Health Records Survey (NEHRS) data, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Analysis was performed by SHADAC under contract with the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC). Note: Estimates are representative of non-federally employed office-based physicians who are primarily engaged in direct patient care.
6. SHADAC analysis of the 2020-2021 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The NHIS sample is drawn from the Integrated Health Interview Survey (IHIS, MN Population Center and SHADAC). Data were analyzed at the University of Minnesota's Census Research Data Center.
7. SHADAC analysis of the 2022 American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files. Note: Households with a broadband internet subscription-only include those households that pay a cell phone or internet service provider for the service.
8. SHADAC analysis of the 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) public use files.
9. SHADAC analysis of the 2022 Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic Supplements (CPS) public use microdata files.
10. SHADAC analysis of the 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics via CDC WONDER Database. Note: N/A indicates that data are suppressed because the rate is based on 20 or fewer deaths.
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