Table 10_3_2-2c

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 10_3_2.2c
People with a usual source of care who usually asks about prescription medications and treatments from other doctors, by family income,^a United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		77.7	0.6	76.4	1.3	75.8	1.3	77.2	0.9	79.3	0.9
Age	0–17	74.5	0.9	74.4	1.7	74.4	2.1	73.9	1.7	75.3	1.8
	18–44	79.6	0.8	78.6	1.8	78.0	1.9	78.2	1.2	81.6	1.2
	45–64	79.7	0.8	76.3	2.4	74.3	2.1	81.1	1.3	80.6	1.0
	65 and over	76.3	1.2	78.1	2.7	76.4	1.9	74.9	2.3	76.8	2.1
Gender	Male	77.7	0.7	78.1	1.6	76.7	1.6	76.5	1.1	78.8	1.0
Gender	Female	77.7	0.7	75.2	1.3	75.2	1.4	77.8	1.0	79.8	1.0
Race	White, single race	78.1	0.7	76.7	1.5	76.4	1.4	77.4	1.0	79.5	1.0
	Black, single race	75.7	1.4	74.2	2.1	75.3	2.6	76.1	2.3	77.5	2.1
	Asian, single race	78.5	2.4	*	*	74.1	8.2	82.1	4.3	76.4	4.0
	NHOPI, single race	86.4	6.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	75.7	7.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	72.2	3.9	76.5	5.6	75.2	8.5	63.9	6.4	75.1	6.7
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	77.4	0.7	75.9	1.4	74.9	1.5	76.9	1.0	79.1	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	77.7	0.8	75.6	1.8	75.2	1.6	76.9	1.2	79.4	1.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	75.7	1.5	74.5	2.1	75.3	2.6	76.2	2.3	77.0	2.1
	Hispanic	79.7	1.2	78.0	2.6	79.2	2.2	79.6	2.2	82.5	2.6
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	77.5	1.1	79.3	1.7	75.6	1.9	76.1	2.0	80.8	2.4
	High school graduate	77.2	1.0	76.1	2.4	75.0	1.8	78.1	1.5	77.7	1.5
	At least some college	80.6	0.7	77.6	2.7	79.6	2.2	79.9	1.1	81.4	0.9
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	79.5	0.7	77.4	2.4	76.5	1.7	79.0	1.0	80.7	0.9
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	80.2	1.0	77.9	1.7	76.8	2.2	81.1	1.8	84.1	1.7
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	78.6	0.7	75.7	3.2	78.3	1.9	77.6	1.0	79.5	1.0
	Public only	74.8	1.3	75.2	1.7	72.3	2.3	77.2	2.8	81.1	4.7
	Uninsured	78.4	1.5	80.9	2.4	74.3	2.8	77.7	2.6	82.9	3.6
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	73.0	2.4	72.3	6.5	72.9	3.3	70.5	4.0	76.6	4.5
	Medicare and private	77.0	1.6	78.1	4.9	78.0	3.0	75.8	2.7	77.1	2.4
	Medicare and other public	80.8	2.2	82.5	3.2	78.9	3.5	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	77.8	0.7	76.9	1.5	76.0	1.5	77.6	1.0	79.0	1.0
	Large central metro	78.0	1.0	74.0	2.3	78.7	2.0	75.9	1.5	80.7	1.5
	Large fringe metro	77.6	1.0	77.8	3.8	72.7	2.6	80.0	1.8	77.3	1.6
	Medium metro	76.7	1.7	81.1	2.8	75.3	3.4	75.9	2.0	76.6	2.6
	Small metro	80.4	2.4	76.1	3.6	74.5	4.1	80.0	3.7	84.8	3.0
	Nonmetropolitan	77.1	1.6	74.4	2.7	75.1	3.0	75.3	2.4	81.9	2.2
	Micropolitan	76.9	1.8	72.5	3.1	74.2	3.5	75.5	3.1	81.5	2.5
	Noncore	77.4	2.8	77.0	5.5	76.3	5.0	75.1	3.3	83.0	3.8
Language spoken most often at home	English	77.3	0.7	75.4	1.4	74.7	1.5	76.9	1.0	79.1	0.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	81.2	1.3	80.9	2.7	81.3	2.2	79.7	2.6	83.9	3.6
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	77.4	0.7	75.7	1.5	75.2	1.5	77.0	1.0	79.0	0.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	79.9	1.1	79.2	1.8	78.7	1.9	78.6	2.1	83.7	2.0
Activity limitations, ^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	79.5	1.1	81.3	1.8	74.5	2.1	79.5	2.0	83.4	2.0
	Complex activities	81.0	1.3	79.4	2.2	75.5	2.6	82.3	2.1	87.7	2.2
	Neither basic nor complex activities	78.8	0.7	75.8	1.7	77.0	1.5	78.5	1.0	79.9	0.9

^a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

^b Less than high school refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.

^c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 10_3_2-2c: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/10_patientsafety/T10_3_2-2c.html