Gallup-Healthways Basic Access Index
The Basic Access Index, one of six sub-components of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, includes 13 items: access to clean water, medicine, a safe place to exercise, affordable fruits and vegetables; enough money for food, shelter, healthcare; having health insurance, having a doctor, having visited a dentist recently; satisfaction with the community, the community getting better as a place to live, and feeling safe walking alone at night.
