Table 14_3_1-1

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_3_1.1
People with a specific source of ongoing care,^a United States, 1999 and 2006
Population group		2006		1999
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		86.1	0.3	86.4	0.2
Age, not age adjusted	0–17	94.4	0.3	93.3	0.3
	18–44	76.0	0.6	77.8	0.4
	45–64	88.8	0.5	88.7	0.4
	65 and over	96.3	0.3	94.9	0.3
Race	AI/AN only	86.2	2.7	83.3	3.0
	Asian only	86.8	1.1	82.1	1.5
	NHOPI only	*	*	*	*
	Black only	86.0	0.6	85.5	0.5
	White only	86.1	0.4	87.1	0.2
	Multiple races	84.2	2.1	86.4	2.0
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	74.3	0.8	77.3	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, all races	88.3	0.3	87.7	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	86.7	0.6	85.6	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	88.8	0.4	88.4	0.2
Gender	Male	82.5	0.4	82.2	0.3
Gender	Female	89.6	0.3	90.5	0.2
Health insurance,^b ages 0–64	Private	91.9	0.3	90.5	0.2
	Public only	91.2	0.6	91.2	0.5
	Uninsured	55.1	1.0	57.9	0.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	97.5	0.4	95.8	0.4
	Medicare and public	96.5	0.7	94.0	1.2
	Medicare only	94.8	0.8	93.8	0.8
Family income^c	Negative/poor	77.8	0.8	77.7	0.7
	Near poor/low	79.7	0.7	80.3	0.6
	Middle	87.4	0.5	87.5	0.4
	High	91.7	0.4	91.0	0.3
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	74.2	1.0	77.4	0.7
	High school graduate	83.4	0.7	84.5	0.5
	At least some college	88.9	0.4	88.7	0.3
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	86.0	0.3	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	84.6	0.5	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	88.4	0.5	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	85.7	0.7	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	85.0	1.2	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	86.0	1.1	DNA	DNA
	Noncore (nonmetro)	87.8	1.6	DNA	DNA
Activity limitations, age 18 and over^d	Basic activities	90.3	0.8	DNA	DNA
	Complex activities	88.4	0.9	DNA	DNA
	Neither basic nor complex activities	82.6	0.4	DNA	DNA

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.

^b A small number of persons who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private health insurance" category only.

^c 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. Missing values for family income were imputed using multiple imputation methodology. A small number of persons were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.

^d For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

* - 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: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 14_3_1-1: 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_3_1-1.html