Table 14_3_4-3c

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_4.3c
People unable to get or delayed in getting needed medical care, dental care, or prescription medicines due to financial or insurance reasons, 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		65.6	1.2	78.0	1.9	79.6	2.0	65.3	2.2	44.2	2.7
Age	0–17	60.1	3.1	71.0	5.2	75.3	4.9	55.3	6.1	*	*
	18–44	72.7	1.7	79.2	2.7	81.7	3.0	74.3	3.2	53.8	3.7
	45–64	66.1	1.8	82.0	3.1	87.6	2.6	70.3	3.3	42.3	3.5
	65 and over	43.4	3.1	*	*	62.7	5.3	33.0	4.9	*	*
Gender	Male	64.9	1.7	80.2	2.7	79.1	2.9	63.0	2.8	45.9	3.5
Gender	Female	66.1	1.3	76.8	2.4	80.0	2.1	67.3	2.5	42.9	3.1
Race	White, single race	64.2	1.3	78.8	2.2	79.1	2.5	64.5	2.3	43.4	2.8
	Black, single race	73.1	2.0	74.0	3.4	80.1	3.5	76.9	4.0	*	*
	Asian, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	81.8	5.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	63.0	1.3	75.7	2.3	78.3	2.2	63.5	2.3	42.2	2.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	61.2	1.5	75.7	2.8	77.4	2.8	62.5	2.6	41.4	2.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	72.8	2.0	73.5	3.5	80.0	3.6	76.4	4.1	*	*
	Hispanic	83.3	2.0	87.0	3.1	86.8	3.2	80.9	4.3	*	*
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	76.6	2.0	83.7	2.8	81.5	3.4	73.9	4.1	*	*
	High school graduate	69.5	1.7	76.6	3.5	81.6	2.7	68.5	3.2	50.8	4.1
	At least some college	58.9	1.9	77.3	4.4	77.3	3.9	63.3	3.0	42.5	3.2
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	69.0	1.5	82.5	3.1	84.0	2.6	72.9	2.5	49.3	3.1
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	72.4	1.8	78.3	2.7	83.3	2.9	71.9	4.5	*	*
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	57.2	1.9	74.0	5.1	73.5	4.0	63.1	2.7	42.4	2.8
	Public only	72.7	2.0	72.1	3.2	78.2	3.1	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	91.1	1.3	89.0	2.6	94.9	1.7	92.0	2.6	*	*
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	51.8	5.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	31.2	4.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	65.3	1.3	79.5	2.1	80.7	2.2	64.8	2.4	42.3	2.8
	Large central metro	66.8	2.2	75.3	3.1	78.2	4.3	67.6	3.0	45.9	4.9
	Large fringe metro	61.9	2.4	84.1	4.5	86.6	3.7	62.9	5.0	38.7	4.4
	Medium metro	65.2	2.7	81.1	3.2	82.1	3.2	61.5	4.7	39.8	5.9
	Small metro	69.4	4.1	*	*	76.9	6.6	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	66.7	3.1	71.7	4.6	74.6	5.1	67.6	5.0	53.7	7.3
	Micropolitan	65.8	3.7	73.1	5.1	79.3	6.3	65.5	5.2	*	*
	Noncore	68.2	4.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	63.8	1.2	76.2	2.1	78.5	2.2	64.1	2.2	43.5	2.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	82.5	2.8	88.9	3.7	86.7	3.7	78.3	5.9	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	63.8	1.4	77.1	2.5	78.8	2.4	65.1	2.3	43.8	2.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	71.1	1.9	79.8	2.9	81.6	2.9	66.1	3.7	46.5	5.9
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	67.3	2.0	79.1	3.2	79.3	2.8	60.6	4.0	42.7	5.1
	Complex activities	70.9	2.0	81.2	2.8	83.7	3.0	60.3	4.6	*	*
	Neither basic nor complex activities	65.9	1.4	80.1	2.8	80.6	2.8	68.9	2.6	45.7	2.9

^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_3_4-3c: 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_4-3c.html