Table 11_1_1-5c

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_1.5c
Adults who had an appointment for routine health care in the last 12 months who sometimes or never 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		14.9	0.4	20.7	1.4	15.7	1.1	15.8	0.8	13.0	0.6
Age	18–44	18.8	0.7	26.3	2.2	18.5	1.8	19.2	1.2	16.7	1.1
	45–64	14.2	0.7	19.7	2.3	18.0	1.7	16.4	1.5	11.8	0.8
	65 and over	7.5	0.7	7.9	1.7	10.1	1.8	5.7	1.1	7.0	1.0
Gender	Male	14.9	0.7	20.4	2.2	17.7	1.8	16.8	1.2	12.2	0.9
Gender	Female	14.9	0.5	20.9	1.7	14.5	1.2	15.0	0.9	13.6	0.8
Race	White, single race	13.3	0.5	18.1	1.6	13.7	1.1	14.4	0.9	11.8	0.6
	Black, single race	21.1	1.3	28.7	3.0	22.3	2.9	18.1	2.2	17.7	2.3
	Asian, single race	29.4	3.1	*	*	*	*	31.3	5.4	30.5	4.2
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	22.7	3.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	14.5	0.5	20.5	1.6	15.6	1.3	15.2	0.9	12.8	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	12.7	0.5	17.1	1.9	13.2	1.3	13.7	1.0	11.5	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	21.2	1.3	29.3	3.0	22.7	2.9	17.6	2.2	18.1	2.4
	Hispanic	18.5	1.3	21.9	2.6	15.9	2.0	21.6	2.5	15.7	2.9
Education^b	Less than high school	16.0	0.9	18.2	1.8	15.6	1.4	15.9	2.0	14.2	2.4
	High school graduate	14.0	0.7	20.4	2.5	14.0	1.8	14.3	1.2	12.1	1.1
	At least some college	15.0	0.6	24.2	2.7	16.8	1.9	16.7	1.2	13.2	0.7
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	16.1	0.6	23.1	2.3	18.1	1.6	17.6	1.0	14.3	0.7
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	18.8	0.9	24.5	2.0	18.8	1.9	20.2	1.9	12.7	1.7
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	15.2	0.6	19.7	3.1	15.9	1.5	16.7	1.0	14.1	0.7
	Public only	22.4	1.6	23.7	2.0	17.8	2.2	28.6	5.6	*	*
	Uninsured	24.2	1.9	30.3	3.5	26.2	3.2	24.8	3.1	14.1	3.5
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	6.9	1.1	*	*	8.5	2.3	5.1	1.4	8.0	2.2
	Medicare and private	7.4	1.0	*	*	10.9	3.2	5.8	1.5	6.6	1.2
	Medicare and other public	8.5	1.6	*	*	11.3	2.8	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	15.3	0.5	22.2	1.6	16.3	1.3	16.5	0.9	13.1	0.6
	Large central metro	16.8	0.8	24.3	2.4	18.5	2.0	18.4	1.5	13.5	1.1
	Large fringe metro	15.8	1.0	25.8	3.6	17.7	2.9	15.7	1.9	14.2	1.1
	Medium metro	13.1	0.9	18.2	2.7	12.3	1.9	15.7	1.9	10.6	1.3
	Small metro	14.4	1.3	*	*	15.6	3.0	15.4	2.3	13.5	2.0
	Nonmetropolitan	12.7	0.9	14.8	2.5	13.1	1.8	12.3	1.4	12.3	1.7
	Micropolitan	13.8	1.1	16.9	2.7	15.4	2.5	13.6	1.5	12.6	2.1
	Noncore	10.7	1.5	*	*	10.2	2.5	10.2	2.8	11.6	2.4
Language spoken most often at home	English	14.4	0.4	21.1	1.5	15.2	1.2	14.9	0.8	12.6	0.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	21.5	1.7	17.9	2.8	18.6	2.5	25.6	3.1	21.4	3.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	14.1	0.5	19.7	1.7	14.6	1.2	15.0	0.8	12.7	0.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	19.2	1.0	22.9	2.0	18.4	2.0	19.8	2.1	16.5	2.1
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	14.9	1.0	18.3	2.0	14.0	1.8	17.0	1.9	11.5	1.7
	Complex activities	21.0	1.4	26.4	3.0	19.7	2.8	24.1	2.6	13.2	2.5
	Neither basic nor complex activities	14.4	0.5	19.3	1.7	16.0	1.2	15.3	0.8	12.9	0.6

^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_1-5c: 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_1-5c.html