The numerator is derived from certain responses to several survey questions for both respondents who reported they have a primary care provider and respondents who reported they do not have a primary care provider. This includes responding "had an appointment the same day" and "had an appointment the next day" to questions 1 and 2 below.

For respondents who reported having a primary care provider:

Weighted number of respondents who reported they have a primary care provider, they wanted to see their [fill fd_type] because they were sick and felt that they urgently needed care, have actually received care from their [fill fd_type] or another provider in the practice, and answered the following question  as “had an appointment the same day” or “had an appointment the next day”:

How many days did it take from when you first tried to make an appointment with your [fill fd_type] to when you actually had an appointment with them or someone else in their office?

- Had an appointment the same day

- Had an appointment the next day

- 2 to 19 (enter number of days)

- Twenty or more days

- Don’t know

- Refused

AND

For respondents who reported they did not have a primary care provider:

Weighted number of respondents who reported they did not have a primary care provider, they wanted to see a doctor because they were sick and felt that they urgently needed care, have actually received care from a doctor or nurse, and answered the following question as “had an appointment the same day” or “had an appointment the next day”:

How many days did it take from when you first tried to make an appointment with a doctor or nurse to when you actually had an appointment with them?

- Had an appointment the same day

- Had an appointment the next day

- 2 to 19 (enter number of days)

- Twenty or more days

- Don’t know

- Refused

The denominator includes both respondents who reported they have a primary care provider and respondents who reported they do not have a primary care provider. Within each of those two groups, the denominator includes respondents with certain responses to two follow-up survey questions.

For respondents who reported having a primary care provider:

Weighted number of respondents who reported having a primary care provider and answered "yes" to the following question:

1) In the last 12 months did you want to see your [fill fd_type] because you were sick and felt that you urgently needed care?

- Yes

- No

- Don’t know

- Refused

AND

Weighted number of respondents who answered "yes, received care from own doctor", "yes, received care from someone else in practice", or "received care from both provider and someone else" to the following question:

 2) Did you actually receive care from your [fill fd_type] or another provider in the practice? This includes care in person, by telephone, video, email or text message.

- Yes, received care from own doctor

- Yes, received care from someone else in practice

- Received care from both provider and someone else

- No

- Don’t know

- Refused

For respondents who reported they do not have a primary care provider:

Weighted number of respondents who reported they do not have a primary care provider and answered "yes" to the following question:

1) In the last 12 months did you want to see a doctor because you were sick and felt that you urgently needed care?

- Yes

- No

- Don’t know

- Refused

AND

Weighted number of respondents who answered "yes” to the following question:

2) Did you actually receive care from a doctor or nurse? This includes care provided in person, by telephone, video, email or text message.

- Yes

- No

- Don’t know

- Refused

 Exclusions:

None