Access is defined as a patient's ability to obtain medical care.

In 1986, 13.5 million people said they had been unable to obtain medical care for financial reasons.

You stressed the urgency of speed in obtaining immediate care.

To obtain medical care, he registered with a doctor.

Counselors will encourage such people to consider being tested and to obtain medical care if the test is positive.

Some residents left in search of jobs; others put off obtaining care after they lost their insurance.

They call instead for separate programs to help poor people obtain dental care.

He says the issue of people not obtaining dental care is a priority for his group.

"If we can give employees the information, tools" and money, he said, "they will make the right decisions" about obtaining care.

Many already have difficulty in obtaining medical and dental care.