Table 11_1_3-4c

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_3.4c
Adults who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months who usually 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		27.0	0.7	28.7	1.9	27.5	1.5	30.5	1.4	23.2	1.1
Age	18–44	27.8	1.1	30.6	2.6	28.2	2.3	31.4	2.0	22.7	1.8
	45–64	26.6	1.1	24.5	2.7	29.8	2.7	30.9	2.4	23.4	1.6
	65 and over	25.7	1.6	30.0	4.7	24.5	2.8	27.1	3.1	24.0	2.5
Gender	Male	25.4	1.1	23.8	2.6	28.3	2.4	28.8	1.9	22.0	1.7
Gender	Female	28.1	0.9	31.1	2.4	27.1	2.0	31.9	1.9	24.2	1.5
Race	White, single race	27.4	0.8	30.5	2.3	28.7	1.9	31.0	1.5	23.2	1.2
	Black, single race	24.1	1.3	24.4	3.1	21.1	2.4	28.2	2.9	21.6	4.1
	Asian, single race	20.7	3.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	32.0	5.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	26.1	0.7	27.3	2.1	26.3	1.7	29.6	1.4	23.1	1.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	26.5	0.9	28.6	2.7	27.3	2.1	30.1	1.6	23.1	1.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	24.3	1.4	24.8	3.1	21.2	2.5	28.5	2.9	21.8	4.2
	Hispanic	33.8	2.1	36.0	4.0	34.2	3.7	38.5	3.9	25.0	4.5
Education^b	Less than high school	29.5	1.6	31.8	2.8	29.0	2.4	28.2	2.8	28.9	5.0
	High school graduate	29.0	1.2	28.5	3.5	29.0	2.6	31.7	1.9	26.0	2.1
	At least some college	24.3	1.0	24.8	3.2	24.1	2.8	30.0	2.3	21.5	1.3
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	26.7	0.9	29.5	3.4	28.7	2.2	30.4	1.6	22.9	1.2
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	28.9	1.5	27.5	2.4	28.7	3.1	34.0	3.2	24.5	3.5
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	26.7	1.0	29.2	4.6	27.1	2.7	31.1	1.7	23.4	1.2
	Public only	29.1	1.9	28.8	2.6	30.7	3.4	29.9	5.7	*	*
	Uninsured	28.3	2.2	27.0	4.2	30.0	4.1	32.8	4.5	*	*
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	25.1	3.3	*	*	18.1	3.7	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	25.6	2.0	*	*	29.7	4.9	26.7	4.0	23.5	2.9
	Medicare and other public	26.7	3.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	26.8	0.8	29.2	2.2	26.1	1.7	31.2	1.6	23.0	1.2
	Large central metro	27.0	1.2	30.8	3.1	29.5	2.8	28.0	2.5	23.6	2.0
	Large fringe metro	25.4	1.7	22.6	4.9	17.2	3.1	34.8	2.9	21.9	2.3
	Medium metro	28.3	1.5	33.3	4.4	30.3	3.5	30.5	3.1	23.2	2.3
	Small metro	26.4	2.4	*	*	22.6	3.8	31.5	4.3	24.5	3.9
	Nonmetropolitan	27.6	1.5	26.9	3.5	32.7	3.4	27.6	2.7	24.3	2.8
	Micropolitan	26.3	1.9	23.0	4.2	34.0	4.5	25.6	3.2	23.7	3.4
	Noncore	29.9	2.2	*	*	31.0	5.0	30.5	3.8	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	26.0	0.7	27.3	2.0	25.5	1.6	29.7	1.4	23.0	1.1
Language spoken most often at home	Other	38.0	2.5	39.1	4.9	41.5	4.4	40.0	5.0	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	26.3	0.8	28.0	2.4	29.2	2.0	29.7	1.5	22.3	1.1
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	29.2	1.6	29.7	3.1	24.3	2.2	33.0	3.0	29.8	4.1
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	27.4	1.5	25.8	3.1	24.5	2.2	33.0	3.4	26.3	3.0
	Complex activities	28.5	1.9	29.3	3.4	26.2	3.2	30.0	3.8	28.6	4.0
	Neither basic nor complex activities	26.5	0.8	28.1	2.5	29.5	2.0	30.2	1.5	22.4	1.2

^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_3-4c: 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_3-4c.html