Table 11_1_1-3c

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 11_1_1.3c
Adults who had an appointment for routine health care in the last 12 months who always got appointments for routine care as soon as wanted, 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		47.9	0.6	43.9	1.6	48.3	1.4	47.4	1.0	49.0	0.9
Age	18–44	43.6	0.8	38.8	2.2	43.0	1.9	43.8	1.3	44.9	1.4
	45–64	48.0	1.0	43.6	2.9	47.3	2.7	44.6	1.9	50.2	1.3
	65 and over	57.4	1.3	57.4	3.6	55.9	2.7	61.2	2.3	55.6	2.0
Gender	Male	49.5	0.9	44.0	2.7	47.8	2.2	47.5	1.5	51.9	1.3
Gender	Female	46.8	0.7	43.8	1.8	48.6	1.6	47.2	1.2	46.5	1.2
Race	White, single race	48.3	0.6	43.6	1.9	48.5	1.3	47.7	1.1	49.5	1.0
	Black, single race	50.3	1.5	46.5	3.0	51.0	3.0	52.3	2.7	50.6	2.8
	Asian, single race	36.2	3.3	*	*	*	*	33.0	5.9	38.7	4.0
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	39.8	4.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	48.4	0.6	44.9	1.8	48.7	1.6	48.2	1.0	49.1	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	49.0	0.7	45.0	2.2	49.0	1.6	48.6	1.2	49.7	1.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	50.1	1.5	46.6	3.1	50.9	3.1	52.3	2.7	49.9	2.9
	Hispanic	42.7	1.6	38.7	3.1	46.2	2.2	39.1	2.8	45.9	3.7
Education^b	Less than high school	49.1	1.5	46.4	2.5	50.8	2.1	50.3	2.8	47.6	3.2
	High school graduate	49.4	1.0	43.1	3.0	49.8	2.3	49.2	1.7	51.1	1.7
	At least some college	46.9	0.7	41.9	3.3	44.7	2.4	44.9	1.5	48.4	1.1
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	45.9	0.7	39.6	2.5	43.9	1.9	44.5	1.2	47.7	1.1
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	44.4	1.1	41.2	2.2	46.3	2.5	42.6	2.2	47.7	2.2
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	46.3	0.7	41.5	3.4	45.4	2.3	44.5	1.2	47.6	1.0
	Public only	44.4	1.7	42.9	2.2	47.7	2.8	41.6	4.9	*	*
	Uninsured	41.1	2.2	33.3	3.8	38.8	3.7	42.4	3.3	50.4	5.2
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	55.1	2.6	*	*	57.9	4.2	56.2	4.6	51.4	4.6
	Medicare and private	58.7	1.6	*	*	56.1	4.1	63.1	2.6	56.9	2.2
	Medicare and other public	57.2	3.3	60.5	5.5	51.0	4.4	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	47.2	0.6	42.0	1.7	48.1	1.6	46.5	1.1	48.3	1.0
	Large central metro	46.6	1.3	42.1	2.3	44.1	2.6	44.4	2.0	49.8	1.9
	Large fringe metro	46.7	1.3	39.2	4.4	54.2	3.5	44.3	2.3	47.6	1.7
	Medium metro	48.0	1.3	40.1	2.6	48.6	3.2	49.3	2.4	48.4	2.0
	Small metro	48.7	1.9	53.8	5.9	49.0	3.2	52.0	3.0	45.8	2.8
	Nonmetropolitan	51.6	1.6	51.8	3.7	49.1	2.8	51.2	2.2	53.3	3.1
	Micropolitan	51.2	2.2	49.2	4.9	45.5	4.2	51.2	3.2	53.9	3.9
	Noncore	52.5	2.1	56.2	4.6	53.5	3.3	51.2	3.2	51.6	4.4
Language spoken most often at home	English	48.7	0.6	44.5	1.7	49.6	1.5	48.6	1.1	49.4	1.0
Language spoken most often at home	Other	37.5	2.1	39.2	3.6	40.2	2.9	33.3	3.6	39.0	5.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	48.8	0.6	44.6	1.9	49.0	1.5	48.5	1.0	49.5	1.0
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	43.2	1.3	42.4	2.5	46.6	2.5	41.3	2.6	42.4	2.8
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	47.4	1.2	47.1	3.0	50.1	2.3	47.9	2.4	44.7	2.4
	Complex activities	45.0	1.4	43.1	3.0	45.7	2.8	45.4	3.0	45.6	3.3
	Neither basic nor complex activities	48.3	0.7	43.0	2.0	47.6	1.6	47.4	1.1	49.7	1.0

^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 11_1_1-3c: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/11_timeliness/T11_1_1-3c.html