Having a regular source of health care is important to the prevention and management of chronic diseases.  Approximately 84.2% of United States adults and 85.6% of Connecticut adults  at least one person (or a group of doctors) that they think of as their personal health care provider.  The prevalence of a havinga regular source of care is lower among adults with lower annual household incomes.  

The data for this indicator is collected from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).  The respondents are considered to have a regular source of care if they indicate that they have at least one person they think of as their personal doctor or health care provider.

The rates are single-year estimates and are age-adjusted to the US 2000 population. Percentages are age-adjusted to eliminate differences in crude rates that result from differences in the populations’ age distributions from year to year.

Note: New BRFSS weighting and survey methodologies began in 2011 and include data collected from cellular telephones. These rates are not comparable to rates from 2010 and earlier.

The target was developed as part of Live Healthy Connecticut, A Coordinated Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Plan. 

Data are current as of December 2022.  New data will be available in the Fall of 2023.

Connecticut Department of Public Health, Connecticut Office of Policy and Management, Connecticut Department of Children and Families, Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Connecticut Department of Social Services, Connecticut Department of Transportation, Connecticut Office of Rural Health, Office of the Healthcare Advocate, Office of Health Care Reform and Innovation, local public health agencies, municipal government, health care providers, health professional associations, other organizations and coalitions focused on access to health services, community service organizations serving specific populations (children, older adults, underserved populations), faith-based organizations, local and state boards of education, business, health insurers, and philanthropic organizations that address access to health services.