Table 11_1_3-3c

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_3.3c
Adults who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months who always got 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		57.9	0.8	46.6	1.8	52.8	1.8	55.2	1.6	66.7	1.3
Age	18–44	53.2	1.2	39.9	2.4	47.6	2.6	51.9	2.2	63.7	2.1
	45–64	59.2	1.3	49.9	3.5	47.5	2.7	53.1	2.5	68.8	2.0
	65 and over	67.1	1.8	60.9	4.7	65.8	3.3	68.8	3.4	69.1	3.0
Gender	Male	58.2	1.3	50.1	3.1	48.8	2.8	54.2	2.3	67.1	1.9
Gender	Female	57.8	0.9	44.8	2.3	55.1	2.2	56.1	1.9	66.5	1.7
Race	White, single race	59.2	0.9	47.6	2.0	52.6	2.2	56.7	1.7	67.5	1.4
	Black, single race	55.0	1.6	45.8	4.2	55.1	3.4	52.6	3.3	67.4	4.2
	Asian, single race	51.9	5.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	45.5	4.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	59.1	0.8	46.9	2.1	53.7	2.0	56.3	1.6	67.4	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	60.7	1.0	48.7	2.5	53.7	2.5	58.1	1.8	68.3	1.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	54.7	1.6	45.1	4.2	54.9	3.4	52.7	3.2	67.2	4.2
	Hispanic	48.6	2.0	45.1	3.9	47.7	4.0	45.5	4.2	56.9	4.8
Education^b	Less than high school	50.2	1.5	45.7	2.6	50.0	2.6	53.2	3.2	53.0	4.9
	High school graduate	57.4	1.3	48.3	3.4	55.5	2.9	57.1	2.1	63.1	2.4
	At least some college	62.3	1.1	46.9	4.4	54.1	3.5	55.2	2.4	69.7	1.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	57.4	1.1	43.5	3.4	45.4	2.5	53.5	1.9	66.2	1.6
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	51.0	1.6	43.7	2.6	51.8	3.2	48.2	3.4	66.3	3.7
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	60.2	1.1	52.8	4.9	52.0	3.1	54.3	2.0	66.6	1.6
	Public only	48.6	2.1	46.9	2.7	49.7	3.5	48.4	5.6	*	*
	Uninsured	39.2	2.4	29.2	3.5	35.8	3.9	41.7	4.1	*	*
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	67.1	3.7	*	*	72.9	4.7	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	68.5	2.3	*	*	62.7	5.3	71.8	4.0	69.5	3.3
	Medicare and other public	62.6	3.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	57.8	0.9	44.6	2.1	53.7	2.0	53.9	1.8	66.8	1.4
	Large central metro	57.0	1.3	42.9	3.4	51.1	3.3	55.0	3.1	66.7	2.3
	Large fringe metro	58.8	1.9	50.6	5.8	62.4	3.8	49.0	3.2	66.8	2.7
	Medium metro	57.2	1.8	42.7	3.3	48.1	4.3	58.2	3.7	66.9	2.8
	Small metro	58.5	2.6	*	*	57.9	4.4	54.2	4.6	67.1	4.1
	Nonmetropolitan	58.8	1.8	54.1	3.4	49.3	3.7	60.3	2.8	66.3	3.4
	Micropolitan	59.4	2.2	56.9	3.9	44.5	4.2	61.6	3.5	67.5	4.4
	Noncore	57.7	2.8	*	*	56.1	5.8	58.3	3.9	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	59.2	0.8	47.3	1.9	54.3	2.0	56.8	1.6	67.2	1.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	42.9	2.8	40.8	4.6	42.3	4.6	36.0	5.4	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	60.2	0.9	49.2	2.7	51.9	2.3	57.4	1.7	67.9	1.3
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	50.4	1.5	42.5	2.9	54.5	2.6	47.7	3.1	58.3	3.9
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	56.0	1.7	50.4	3.4	57.3	2.8	51.6	3.5	65.4	3.4
	Complex activities	50.8	1.9	43.7	3.4	52.8	3.5	49.6	4.0	60.9	4.3
	Neither basic nor complex activities	59.0	0.9	46.6	2.5	50.4	2.3	55.8	1.8	67.3	1.4

^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_3-3c: 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_3-3c.html