Table 14_2_1-1c

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 14_2_1.1c
People without a usual source of care who indicate a financial or insurance reason for not having a source of care, 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		16.0	0.8	25.4	1.9	22.6	1.5	13.8	1.2	8.0	1.3
Age	0–17	16.4	1.9	20.9	3.8	20.0	3.2	14.1	3.1	*	*
	18–44	16.8	0.9	26.8	2.1	23.4	1.8	14.3	1.3	8.7	1.4
	45–64	15.8	1.3	29.2	4.0	27.3	3.0	13.9	2.2	8.0	1.8
	65 and over	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	14.0	0.8	22.0	2.3	19.9	1.7	12.7	1.3	7.0	1.4
Gender	Female	19.0	1.1	29.1	2.4	26.7	2.2	15.5	1.7	9.6	1.6
Race	White, single race	16.3	0.9	28.1	2.4	24.3	1.9	14.5	1.5	6.9	1.0
	Black, single race	13.0	1.3	16.8	3.1	15.7	2.8	9.9	2.3	*	*
	Asian, single race	18.0	5.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	23.1	4.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	13.6	0.8	22.2	2.2	20.7	1.9	12.3	1.4	7.1	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	13.0	0.9	24.8	3.0	22.7	2.5	12.4	1.7	5.7	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	12.9	1.3	15.9	3.1	15.8	2.9	10.4	2.4	*	*
	Hispanic	23.6	1.6	32.1	3.2	26.0	2.4	18.7	2.5	15.5	4.0
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	21.6	1.4	27.0	2.5	25.0	2.3	15.4	2.4	*	*
	High school graduate	15.5	1.1	22.1	3.1	21.7	2.1	13.8	1.8	7.8	2.1
	At least some college	13.3	1.0	32.4	4.8	21.9	2.7	13.2	1.6	7.9	1.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	15.5	0.9	27.1	2.4	23.9	1.7	14.0	1.3	8.2	1.4
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	21.5	1.6	27.5	2.6	25.5	3.0	15.5	3.0	*	*
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	7.2	0.7	15.6	2.9	10.8	1.9	8.0	1.2	4.2	0.9
	Public only	21.0	2.2	19.0	2.7	24.6	3.8	22.2	5.5	*	*
	Uninsured	30.7	1.5	34.5	2.9	32.2	2.2	26.5	2.5	30.2	5.9
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	16.9	0.9	27.6	2.2	23.7	1.6	14.8	1.4	8.6	1.4
	Large central metro	20.0	1.5	29.4	3.1	26.3	2.5	16.9	2.0	12.3	2.8
	Large fringe metro	15.9	1.6	32.2	5.9	19.7	3.7	17.3	3.1	7.8	2.0
	Medium metro	15.3	1.9	27.2	4.2	23.7	3.2	10.2	2.6	*	*
	Small metro	9.3	1.6	*	*	17.7	4.0	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	10.8	1.3	16.0	2.8	16.9	3.6	8.5	1.9	*	*
	Micropolitan	11.2	1.7	14.5	3.3	18.2	4.4	11.4	2.6	*	*
	Noncore	9.8	2.4	20.0	5.8	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	12.9	0.7	21.3	1.9	20.2	1.8	11.9	1.3	5.4	0.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	27.2	2.2	37.2	4.1	27.4	2.8	21.2	3.3	26.3	7.6
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	14.7	0.8	22.7	1.9	21.1	1.6	12.9	1.2	7.8	1.3
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	32.9	2.6	45.2	5.5	35.0	4.4	27.7	4.5	*	*
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	27.1	3.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Complex activities	27.1	3.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Neither basic nor complex activities	14.9	0.8	24.8	1.9	22.4	1.7	12.8	1.2	7.7	1.3

^a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, at or 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 14_2_1-1c: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/14_facilitators_barrierstocare/T14_2_1-1c.html