Table 11_1_3-5c

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_3.5c
Adults who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months who sometimes or never 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		15.1	0.6	24.8	1.7	19.7	1.5	14.3	1.1	10.0	0.9
Age	18–44	19.0	0.9	29.4	2.4	24.2	2.3	16.7	1.6	13.6	1.6
	45–64	14.3	1.0	25.5	2.8	22.7	2.4	16.0	1.8	7.9	1.1
	65 and over	7.2	0.9	*	*	9.7	1.9	*	*	6.8	1.7
Gender	Male	16.4	1.0	26.1	2.8	22.9	2.7	17.0	1.7	10.9	1.4
Gender	Female	14.1	0.7	24.1	2.1	17.8	1.6	12.1	1.2	9.3	1.1
Race	White, single race	13.4	0.6	21.9	2.0	18.7	1.6	12.3	1.0	9.3	0.9
	Black, single race	20.9	1.6	29.7	3.6	23.8	3.7	19.2	2.8	11.0	3.3
	Asian, single race	27.4	6.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	22.5	4.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	14.8	0.7	25.9	2.0	20.0	1.8	14.1	1.2	9.5	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	12.8	0.7	22.8	2.5	19.0	1.9	11.8	1.1	8.6	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	20.9	1.6	30.1	3.7	23.9	3.7	18.8	2.8	11.0	3.3
	Hispanic	17.7	1.6	18.9	3.0	18.1	2.6	16.0	2.9	18.1	4.1
Education^b	Less than high school	20.3	1.2	22.5	2.2	21.0	2.0	18.5	2.6	18.1	4.1
	High school graduate	13.6	1.0	23.2	3.0	15.5	2.1	11.2	1.5	10.8	1.7
	At least some college	13.4	0.8	28.3	3.9	21.8	3.1	14.8	1.6	8.8	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	16.0	0.8	27.0	2.8	25.9	2.4	16.1	1.4	10.9	1.1
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	20.1	1.4	28.7	2.5	19.5	2.3	17.8	2.9	9.2	2.1
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	13.2	0.8	18.0	3.1	20.9	2.8	14.6	1.5	10.0	1.0
	Public only	22.3	1.7	24.3	2.2	19.6	2.7	21.7	4.9	*	*
	Uninsured	32.5	2.3	43.8	4.7	34.2	4.2	25.4	3.3	*	*
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	7.8	1.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	5.9	1.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	7.0	1.9
	Medicare and other public	10.7	2.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	15.4	0.7	26.2	2.1	20.2	1.7	14.9	1.3	10.1	1.0
	Large central metro	16.0	1.1	26.3	2.7	19.4	2.9	17.0	2.0	9.7	1.5
	Large fringe metro	15.7	1.6	26.8	4.8	20.3	3.6	16.3	3.0	11.3	1.9
	Medium metro	14.4	1.2	24.1	4.0	21.7	2.6	11.3	1.5	9.9	1.9
	Small metro	15.0	1.8	*	*	19.5	4.2	14.4	3.7	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	13.6	1.3	19.0	2.2	18.0	2.7	12.1	2.1	9.4	2.4
	Micropolitan	14.3	1.6	20.1	3.0	21.5	3.4	12.7	2.6	*	*
	Noncore	12.4	1.8	*	*	*	*	11.2	3.2	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	14.8	0.6	25.4	1.8	20.2	1.7	13.5	1.1	9.8	0.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	19.1	2.6	20.1	4.7	16.2	3.0	24.0	5.6	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	13.5	0.7	22.7	2.3	18.9	1.9	12.9	1.2	9.8	0.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	20.3	1.2	27.8	2.5	21.2	2.3	19.2	2.3	11.9	2.3
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	16.5	1.2	23.8	2.9	18.2	2.1	15.4	2.1	8.4	1.9
	Complex activities	20.7	1.5	27.0	3.2	21.1	2.8	20.4	3.0	10.5	2.8
	Neither basic nor complex activities	14.4	0.7	25.3	2.2	20.1	1.9	13.9	1.3	10.3	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_3-5c: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/11_timeliness/T11_1_3-5c.html