Table 10_3_2-2d

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_2.2d
People with a usual source of care who usually asks about prescription medications and treatments from other doctors, by education,^a United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		79.0	0.6	77.5	1.1	77.2	1.0	80.6	0.7
Age	18–44	79.6	0.8	79.3	1.4	77.9	1.3	80.6	0.9
	45–64	79.7	0.8	78.7	1.7	77.9	1.4	81.0	1.0
	65 and over	76.3	1.2	74.0	2.2	74.5	1.9	79.4	1.7
Gender	Male	79.2	0.8	78.5	1.4	78.2	1.1	79.9	0.9
Gender	Female	78.8	0.7	76.7	1.3	76.4	1.2	81.2	0.7
Race	White, single race	79.1	0.7	77.6	1.2	77.2	1.1	80.9	0.8
	Black, single race	77.8	1.5	75.4	2.3	79.0	2.0	78.1	1.8
	Asian, single race	78.8	2.4	*	*	72.4	6.0	80.1	2.9
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	76.2	6.9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	77.6	4.0	*	*	*	*	78.2	5.1
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	78.7	0.7	76.1	1.3	76.9	1.1	80.6	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	78.8	0.8	75.6	1.6	76.7	1.2	80.9	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	77.7	1.5	75.6	2.4	78.8	2.0	78.0	1.8
	Hispanic	81.4	1.3	81.8	1.7	80.7	2.0	81.5	2.1
Family income^b	Negative/poor	77.8	1.4	79.3	1.7	76.1	2.4	77.6	2.7
	Near poor/low	76.5	1.3	75.6	1.9	75.0	1.8	79.6	2.2
	Middle	78.5	0.9	76.1	2.0	78.1	1.5	79.9	1.1
	High	80.4	0.9	80.8	2.4	77.7	1.5	81.4	0.9
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	79.5	0.7	77.8	1.4	77.7	1.2	80.7	0.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	80.2	1.0	81.0	1.5	78.4	1.8	81.2	1.5
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	80.3	0.7	80.3	1.4	78.8	1.2	81.0	0.8
	Public only	75.5	1.5	78.2	1.9	71.7	2.4	76.7	3.1
	Uninsured	78.7	1.6	77.0	2.5	78.0	2.4	80.9	2.6
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	73.3	2.4	67.3	3.8	73.1	3.3	79.0	3.6
	Medicare and private	76.8	1.6	74.5	3.1	74.8	2.5	79.6	1.9
	Medicare and other public	80.4	2.3	81.2	3.0	76.5	4.9	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	79.1	0.7	78.1	1.2	77.3	1.1	80.5	0.7
	Large central metro	79.5	1.0	78.7	1.7	77.9	1.8	80.6	1.1
	Large fringe metro	79.0	1.0	78.5	2.1	77.1	2.0	80.2	1.1
	Medium metro	77.6	1.8	76.3	2.7	74.8	2.4	79.9	1.8
	Small metro	81.8	2.3	79.1	3.7	81.9	2.4	82.8	2.9
	Nonmetropolitan	78.2	1.5	75.1	2.3	76.8	2.0	81.2	1.8
	Micropolitan	78.2	1.8	74.2	3.3	77.6	2.3	80.7	2.4
	Noncore	78.1	2.7	76.2	3.4	75.3	3.6	82.2	2.9
Language spoken most often at home	English	78.7	0.7	75.9	1.3	76.8	1.0	80.7	0.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	82.1	1.5	83.3	1.7	82.6	2.5	80.0	2.8
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	78.8	0.7	76.7	1.3	77.0	1.1	80.4	0.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	80.1	1.1	79.4	1.6	78.1	1.7	82.9	1.6
Activity limitations, ^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	79.5	1.1	79.0	1.6	76.8	1.8	82.6	1.7
	Complex activities	81.0	1.3	80.9	1.8	79.2	2.0	82.9	2.1
	Neither basic nor complex activities	78.7	0.7	76.7	1.3	77.0	1.1	80.3	0.8

^a Persons age 18 and over. 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.

^b 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.

^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_2-2d: 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_2-2d.html