Table 11_1_1-4b

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_1.4b
Adults who had an appointment for routine health care in the last 12 months who usually got appointments for routine care as soon as wanted, by ethnicity, United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		37.2	0.5	37.0	0.6	38.3	0.6	28.6	1.4	38.7	1.8
Age	18–44	37.6	0.8	37.4	0.9	38.7	0.9	30.8	2.4	39.0	2.3
	45–64	37.8	0.9	37.6	0.9	39.1	1.0	26.1	2.1	40.6	2.9
	65 and over	35.1	1.2	35.2	1.3	36.2	1.4	27.4	3.5	33.2	4.8
Gender	Male	35.6	0.7	35.3	0.7	36.5	0.8	27.5	2.0	39.2	2.6
Gender	Female	38.3	0.7	38.3	0.7	39.6	0.8	29.3	1.8	38.5	2.0
Family income^a	Negative/poor	35.4	1.6	34.6	1.7	37.9	2.2	24.1	2.1	39.4	3.4
	Near poor/low	36.0	1.2	35.7	1.4	37.8	1.6	26.4	2.7	38.0	2.4
	Middle	36.9	1.0	36.6	1.1	37.7	1.3	30.0	3.0	39.3	2.9
	High	38.1	0.9	38.0	0.9	38.8	1.0	32.0	2.4	38.4	4.2
Education^b	Less than high school	34.9	1.4	33.2	1.5	35.5	1.8	24.3	2.4	40.9	2.9
	High school graduate	36.6	0.9	36.4	1.0	37.7	1.0	25.7	2.2	38.3	2.6
	At least some college	38.2	0.7	38.3	0.7	39.2	0.8	32.7	2.1	36.2	3.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	37.9	0.7	37.7	0.7	38.7	0.8	31.2	1.9	40.2	2.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	36.8	1.1	36.6	1.2	39.6	1.4	22.5	2.3	37.8	3.0
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	38.5	0.7	38.4	0.7	39.4	0.8	31.5	2.0	39.7	2.5
	Public only	33.2	1.5	31.8	1.7	35.9	2.3	22.2	2.2	39.0	3.8
	Uninsured	34.7	1.9	33.3	2.2	35.3	2.7	24.2	3.7	39.7	3.0
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	38.0	2.4	38.5	2.5	40.4	2.7	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	34.0	1.6	34.1	1.6	34.5	1.7	29.4	5.5	*	*
	Medicare and other public	34.3	3.3	34.0	3.6	37.1	4.9	*	*	35.5	6.4
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	37.5	0.6	37.3	0.6	38.7	0.7	29.0	1.5	38.7	1.9
	Large central metro	36.6	1.1	36.5	1.2	39.2	1.5	28.1	2.3	37.2	2.3
	Large fringe metro	37.5	1.4	37.3	1.5	38.9	1.6	26.4	2.8	39.5	3.8
	Medium metro	39.0	1.1	38.8	1.1	38.8	1.3	34.0	3.3	40.5	7.1
	Small metro	36.9	1.8	36.4	1.8	37.4	1.9	31.5	4.4	44.8	4.5
	Nonmetropolitan	35.6	1.3	35.5	1.3	36.4	1.3	25.6	3.6	39.4	6.2
	Micropolitan	35.0	1.8	34.7	1.8	35.4	1.9	25.5	5.3	40.8	7.1
	Noncore	36.8	1.9	36.9	1.9	38.0	2.0	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	36.9	0.6	37.0	0.6	38.2	0.6	28.8	1.4	33.7	2.2
Language spoken most often at home	Other	41.0	2.3	36.8	3.8	48.2	6.3	*	*	43.5	2.6
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	37.1	0.6	36.9	0.6	37.9	0.7	30.0	1.7	39.0	2.1
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	37.6	1.3	37.6	1.4	40.7	1.7	24.1	2.2	37.6	3.0
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	37.7	1.2	37.2	1.2	39.4	1.4	26.3	2.3	44.3	4.1
	Complex activities	34.0	1.4	33.5	1.5	36.4	1.8	20.6	2.5	40.5	4.9
	Neither basic nor complex activities	37.2	0.6	37.2	0.6	38.2	0.7	29.9	1.7	38.0	1.9

^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: 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_1-4b: 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_1-4b.html