{"id":117448,"date":"2022-06-08T17:46:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-californians-say-health-care-is-improving-new-poll-finds\/"},"modified":"2022-06-08T17:50:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T21:50:07","slug":"segun-una-nueva-encuesta-la-poblacion-de-california-afirma-que-la-atencion-medica-esta-mejorando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/segun-una-nueva-encuesta-la-poblacion-de-california-afirma-que-la-atencion-medica-esta-mejorando\/","title":{"rendered":"Californians Say Health Care is Improving, New Poll Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prngen2{\nPADDING-RIGHT:0.17em; PADDING-LEFT:0.17em; BORDER-TOP:black 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT:black 1pt; BORDER-BOTTOM:black 1pt; BORDER-LEFT:black 1pt\n}\n.prnml4{\nMARGIN-TOP:0em; MARGIN-RIGHT:0em; MARGIN-BOTTOM:0em; MARGIN-LEFT:0.33em !IMPORTANT\n}\n.prnbcc{\nBORDER-COLLAPSE: COLLAPSE; BORDER-TOP:1pt  black; BORDER-RIGHT:1pt  black; BORDER-BOTTOM:1pt  black; BORDER-LEFT:1pt  black\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p class=\"prntac\"><i>Two years into the pandemic, more Californians feel positive about quality of care; Workplace safety and access to providers of color are still concerns<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">OAKLAND, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 8, 2022<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; An increasing number of Californians are feeling positive about health care, even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, according to a new poll commissioned by Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>. The poll of 1,000 Californians was conducted in February of this year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg64a9left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg64a9left\" title=\"Blue Shield of California Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/810201\/blue_jpg_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Shield of California Logo\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The second annual Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>\/Harris Poll, known as Vital Signs, found that when it comes to the health care they have received, the vast majority of adults in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> (86%) rate the quality of care as good \u2014 an increase from last year&#8217;s findings (80%). Nearly three in five respondents (59%) said they have an easy time accessing health care, with 30% of overall respondents saying they had a &#8220;very&#8221; easy time.<\/p>\n<p>Access gaps are closing, with nearly half of respondents (48%) saying COVID-19 made accessing care more difficult for low-income earners \u2014 down from 62% who felt that way a year earlier. Fewer African-American respondents, 15%, said the health care they receive now is poor, compared to last year when 28% felt that way.<\/p>\n<p>The number of people who said they, or someone in their family, delayed medical treatment for something other than COVID-19 fell to 36% from 40% a year ago. Additionally, 36% said they used telehealth for the first time during the pandemic, about the same as 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We see some positive news in the poll data, but we also see opportunities for improvement for our healthcare system,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Peter Long<\/span>, Ph.D., executive vice president of Strategy and Health Solutions at Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>. &#8220;That&#8217;s why we launched our <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3562030-1&amp;h=689996270&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fhealthreimagined.blueshieldca.com%2F&amp;a=Health+Reimagined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Health Reimagined<\/a> initiative in 2020, and also leaned in to help the <span class=\"xn-location\">State of California&#8217;s<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3562030-1&amp;h=3140200992&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.blueshieldca.com%2F2021%2F07%2F20%2Fpress-kit-blue-shield-of-california-third-party-administrator-for-california-covid-vaccinations&amp;a=COVID-19+vaccination+efforts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">COVID-19 vaccination efforts<\/a> last year with equity and fairness as guiding principles. We are committed to helping improve health care access, lower costs, and accelerate the digital transformation that is needed to create a healthcare system worthy of our family and friends that&#8217;s sustainably affordable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here is a snapshot of additional survey results:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Nearly half of Californians (49%) who have ever sought professional help for mental health did so for the first time during the pandemic. Roughly one in five Californians (22%) said their mental health worsened during the pandemic.\n<\/li>\n<li>Though most Californians gave good grades to their employers for keeping employees (75%) and customers (80%) safe, 49% said employers need to do more, and 43% said they will never feel safe in public again.\n<\/li>\n<li>When it comes to provider access, 39% of African Americans, 38% of Asian Americans, and 36% of Hispanics said having a physician or specialist of their same race\/ethnicity was important versus 17% of whites. However, just 32% of Asian Americans, 39% of Hispanics, and 50% of African Americans felt it was easy to find providers of their race\/ethnicity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About the survey<br \/><\/b>Vital Signs is the second annual Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>\/Harris Poll. The survey was conducted online in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> by The Harris Poll on behalf of Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> <span class=\"xn-chron\">between February 9 and 21, 2022<\/span> among 1,009 residents of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> age 18+. The poll includes a broad swath of general public in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> \u2013 privately insured, uninsured, MediCal recipients, self-insured and more. 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