Poor treatment by health care providers and staff is more common among vulnerable populations Policy brief (Urban Institute. Health Reform Monitoring Survey) Skopec, Laura, author. Long, Sharon K., author. Delivery of Health Care Vulnerable Populations Respect At a Glance. (1) In March 2016, nearly 1 in 10 adults reported being judged unfairly or treated with disrespect by a provider or its staff in the past 12 months. (2) Poor treatment was more commonly reported by adults with certain protected characteristics, including adults with disabilities; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adults; Hispanic adults; and women. (3) Over two-thirds of those experiencing poor treatment had a disruption in care as a result, including changing providers, delaying or forgoing needed care, or not following the provider's recommendations. [Washington, D.C.] : Urban Institute, Health Policy Center, October 24, 2016 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, issuing body. Health Policy Center (Urban Institute), issuing body. Technical Report Text Illustrations 1 online resource (1 PDF file (8 pages)) nlm:nlmuid-101772216-pdf 101772216 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101772216 English United States Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0