Health Care Disparities Common For Ohio Adults With Developmental Disabilities

Health care disparities are common for Ohio adults with developmental disabilities. Compared to Ohio adults without developmental disabilities, those with developmental disabilities are less likely to report that they have a primary care professional who usually or always spends enough time with them, and less likely to report that their primary care professional usually or always explains diagnoses and treatments well. About 80% of adults (age 19 and up) with developmental disabilities and 90% of adults without disabilities reported that their primary care professional spent enough time with them. Among older adults (age 65 and older) 83% of those with . . .