Table 14_2_2-1d

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_2.1d
People with a usual primary care provider, by education,^a United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		72.8	0.6	66.5	1.1	73.5	0.8	74.9	0.7
Age	18–44	62.6	0.8	53.0	1.5	62.2	1.2	66.5	0.9
	45–64	80.0	0.7	73.2	1.5	80.1	1.0	81.9	0.9
	65 and over	90.0	0.6	89.0	1.2	90.6	1.0	90.1	1.0
Gender	Male	67.6	0.7	59.4	1.4	66.5	1.2	71.7	0.9
Gender	Female	77.7	0.6	73.6	1.2	79.8	0.8	77.8	0.8
Race	White, single race	74.1	0.6	66.6	1.2	75.4	0.9	76.0	0.7
	Black, single race	66.8	1.1	65.6	2.3	62.8	1.9	71.0	1.4
	Asian, single race	65.4	2.6	67.1	4.5	69.1	4.8	63.9	3.0
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	74.8	3.8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	67.6	3.4	*	*	64.9	5.8	74.1	4.5
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	75.3	0.5	73.1	1.1	76.0	0.8	75.6	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	77.4	0.6	75.5	1.3	78.8	0.9	76.9	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	67.1	1.1	66.7	2.2	62.7	1.9	71.0	1.4
	Hispanic	55.9	1.3	51.6	1.8	53.7	2.1	65.6	2.1
Family income^b	Negative/poor	63.0	1.3	60.5	1.7	62.5	1.9	67.7	2.7
	Near poor/low	67.7	1.1	64.7	1.7	69.7	1.5	68.4	1.8
	Middle	71.3	0.9	67.6	1.8	72.8	1.2	71.5	1.2
	High	78.8	0.8	77.8	2.2	80.0	1.3	78.4	0.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	68.9	0.7	56.4	1.4	68.8	1.0	72.1	0.7
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	72.4	0.9	66.4	1.7	73.5	1.4	76.0	1.4
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	75.6	0.6	71.6	1.4	76.9	1.0	75.5	0.7
	Public only	73.7	1.3	70.7	1.8	73.0	2.0	80.7	2.1
	Uninsured	40.8	1.3	36.7	1.8	41.3	1.9	45.0	2.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	90.7	1.1	88.8	2.0	92.1	1.8	90.9	2.0
	Medicare and private	90.6	0.9	90.4	1.9	90.1	1.4	91.0	1.3
	Medicare and other public	88.3	1.7	89.6	1.9	92.9	2.5	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	72.4	0.7	65.5	1.2	73.0	0.9	74.6	0.7
	Large central metro	67.9	1.0	60.8	1.8	65.6	1.3	72.2	1.2
	Large fringe metro	75.7	1.0	69.4	2.6	77.8	1.5	76.1	1.1
	Medium metro	74.4	1.3	68.3	2.4	75.7	1.8	75.9	1.8
	Small metro	74.0	1.8	68.5	3.3	75.1	2.5	75.4	2.0
	Nonmetropolitan	75.0	1.1	70.8	2.1	75.3	1.3	76.9	1.4
	Micropolitan	72.5	1.3	67.2	2.5	73.4	1.7	74.4	1.9
	Noncore	79.6	2.2	76.4	3.4	79.3	2.7	82.2	2.8
Language spoken most often at home	English	75.2	0.5	71.7	1.1	75.7	0.8	76.0	0.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	53.5	1.6	52.3	2.0	49.3	2.4	59.0	2.9
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	71.6	0.6	62.7	1.2	72.0	0.9	74.2	0.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	81.2	0.9	79.8	1.5	81.8	1.5	82.0	1.5
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	85.4	0.8	85.7	1.3	83.2	1.5	87.4	1.3
	Complex activities	83.7	1.1	85.1	1.7	79.9	2.2	86.7	1.7
	Neither basic nor complex activities	70.8	0.6	60.8	1.3	71.7	0.9	73.6	0.7

^a Persons age 18 and over. 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.

^b 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.

^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_2-1d: 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_2-1d.html