Table 14_3_2-1

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_2.1
People who identified a hospital, emergency room, or clinic as a source of ongoing care,^a United States, 1999 and 2006
Population group		2006		1999
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		17.7	0.4	17.6	0.3
Age, not age adjusted	0–17	22.2	0.7	20.7	0.5
	18–44	16.6	0.5	17.6	0.4
	45–64	16.0	0.6	16.1	0.5
	65 and over	14.8	0.8	14.1	0.6
Race	AI/AN only	48.3	6.2	48.0	4.3
	Asian only	17.1	1.2	16.2	1.6
	NHOPI only	*	*	*	*
	Black only	20.7	0.8	24.2	0.8
	White only	16.8	0.5	16.1	0.4
	Multiple races	21.6	2.4	22.4	2.2
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	25.9	0.9	23.1	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, all races	16.1	0.4	16.9	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	20.3	0.8	24.3	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	14.8	0.5	15.3	0.4
Gender	Male	17.5	0.5	17.2	0.4
Gender	Female	17.9	0.5	18.1	0.4
Health insurance,^b ages 0–64	Private	12.6	0.5	13.8	0.4
	Public only	35.0	1.1	38.8	1.0
	Uninsured	24.0	0.9	24.9	0.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	12.6	0.9	11.7	0.8
	Medicare and public	28.2	2.3	30.8	2.2
	Medicare only	12.5	1.0	14.0	1.1
Family income^c	Negative/poor	28.6	0.9	29.9	0.8
	Near poor/low	22.0	0.7	23.3	0.7
	Middle	16.2	0.6	16.2	0.5
	High	11.3	0.6	11.4	0.4
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	23.1	0.9	21.1	0.8
	High school graduate	16.0	0.7	16.7	0.6
	At least some college	13.4	0.5	13.9	0.4
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	16.4	0.4	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	20.2	0.6	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	11.2	0.6	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	14.6	1.0	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	21.6	2.2	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	20.2	2.1	DNA	DNA
	Noncore (nonmetro)	27.9	3.2	DNA	DNA
Activity limitations, age 18 and over^d	Basic activities	22.4	2.3	DNA	DNA
	Complex activities	23.4	1.2	DNA	DNA
	Neither basic nor complex activities	15.0	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_2-1: 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_3_2-1.html