Table 14_2_2-1a

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_2.1a
People with a usual primary care provider, by race, United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Single race										Multiple races
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		76.6	0.5	77.5	0.5	71.9	1.0	70.2	2.3	86.0	4.3	79.3	2.9	77.0	2.4
Age	0–17	87.9	0.6	88.8	0.7	83.5	1.6	85.6	2.5	*	*	89.6	3.5	89.6	2.4
	18–44	62.6	0.8	63.7	0.9	57.2	1.5	56.1	3.2	*	*	65.7	5.5	62.2	4.7
	45–64	79.9	0.7	80.7	0.8	76.6	1.5	75.2	3.4	*	*	*	*	70.3	5.8
	65 and over	89.8	0.6	90.3	0.7	87.6	1.6	85.0	4.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	72.8	0.6	74.1	0.7	66.4	1.4	65.0	2.7	*	*	73.0	4.3	74.9	3.7
Gender	Female	80.2	0.5	80.9	0.6	76.8	1.1	75.1	2.4	*	*	86.2	3.3	79.1	2.4
Family income^a	Negative/poor	70.4	1.1	70.4	1.3	70.3	2.0	64.2	6.3	*	*	*	*	75.2	5.3
	Near poor/low	73.0	0.9	73.6	1.1	70.2	1.8	68.9	6.1	*	*	*	*	76.0	4.6
	Middle	75.7	0.8	76.7	0.9	69.8	2.1	69.0	3.9	*	*	*	*	77.1	4.4
	High	81.1	0.7	81.8	0.7	78.7	2.2	72.8	3.0	*	*	*	*	79.4	5.8
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	66.5	1.1	66.6	1.2	65.6	2.3	67.1	4.5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High school graduate	73.5	0.8	75.4	0.9	62.8	1.9	69.1	4.8	*	*	*	*	64.9	5.8
	At least some college	74.9	0.7	76.0	0.7	71.0	1.4	63.9	3.0	*	*	*	*	74.1	4.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	68.7	0.7	69.9	0.7	63.5	1.4	61.7	3.0	*	*	71.4	4.3	63.7	4.7
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	72.4	0.9	74.0	1.0	65.6	1.8	66.2	4.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	79.4	0.6	80.2	0.6	74.6	1.4	74.6	2.6	*	*	83.2	4.7	80.1	3.5
	Public only	81.1	0.9	81.4	1.1	80.1	1.6	72.3	6.6	*	*	83.6	4.7	86.0	3.1
	Uninsured	44.0	1.2	45.4	1.4	37.8	2.6	33.7	6.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	90.7	1.1	91.3	1.2	86.9	3.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	90.5	0.9	90.4	0.9	90.6	2.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	87.7	1.6	88.4	2.0	85.7	3.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	76.3	0.6	77.2	0.6	72.6	1.1	70.1	2.3	86.0	5.1	83.3	3.0	76.4	2.7
	Large central metro	72.2	0.8	73.3	1.0	71.1	1.6	65.6	3.2	*	*	*	*	67.8	6.1
	Large fringe metro	79.6	0.8	80.3	0.9	77.1	2.1	74.2	3.9	*	*	*	*	74.6	5.2
	Medium metro	77.7	1.2	78.0	1.3	72.4	2.7	75.1	6.1	*	*	*	*	89.5	2.4
	Small metro	77.9	1.6	78.5	1.6	70.2	4.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	78.0	0.9	79.2	0.9	66.8	3.6	*	*	*	*	72.8	5.0	79.4	4.8
	Micropolitan	75.9	1.1	77.4	1.2	60.1	2.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	76.0	5.4
	Noncore	82.0	1.9	82.6	1.8	76.2	7.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	78.6	0.5	79.8	0.5	72.5	1.0	74.9	2.7	*	*	79.1	3.0	76.8	2.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	61.3	1.3	60.1	1.4	52.7	7.2	65.0	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	76.0	0.5	77.0	0.6	70.7	1.1	69.9	2.3	86.4	4.4	78.4	3.0	76.2	2.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	81.6	0.8	82.2	0.9	79.5	1.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	85.4	0.8	86.1	0.8	84.9	1.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Complex activities	83.7	1.0	85.0	1.1	79.6	2.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Neither basic nor complex activities	70.7	0.6	72.1	0.7	63.4	1.3	64.8	2.7	*	*	71.6	5.0	65.3	4.3

^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_2-1a: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/14_facilitators_barrierstocare/T14_2_2-1a.html