Table 14_3_4-6b

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_4.6b
People unable to get or delayed in getting needed medical care due to financial or insurance reasons, by ethnicity, United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		56.7	1.6	54.3	1.8	52.2	2.0	67.7	3.6	73.4	4.1
Age	0–17	44.3	4.7	43.4	5.3	39.2	6.3	*	*	*	*
	18–44	66.0	2.5	62.9	2.8	62.2	3.2	65.7	5.9	84.0	3.8
	45–64	58.2	2.5	56.6	2.7	54.6	3.0	*	*	72.4	6.1
	65 and over	23.0	4.2	22.4	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	54.2	2.5	52.2	2.8	49.2	3.0	*	*	68.8	6.2
Gender	Female	58.5	1.9	55.9	2.0	54.5	2.4	65.7	4.5	76.8	4.1
Family income^a	Negative/poor	72.6	3.2	70.9	3.6	69.3	4.4	*	*	80.0	5.5
	Near poor/low	70.2	2.7	68.5	3.1	66.9	3.7	*	*	79.9	4.5
	Middle	56.7	3.1	55.6	3.4	56.1	3.7	*	*	*	*
	High	30.8	3.7	29.3	3.7	28.6	3.6	*	*	*	*
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	68.7	2.7	64.6	3.3	62.1	3.9	*	*	82.3	4.4
	High school graduate	63.6	2.6	61.7	2.8	59.0	3.2	*	*	*	*
	At least some college	49.4	2.8	48.1	2.9	47.8	3.2	*	*	*	*
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	62.6	2.2	59.8	2.5	58.4	2.7	69.0	5.2	84.6	3.6
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	62.3	2.8	60.6	3.2	59.2	3.8	*	*	71.3	6.6
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	43.5	2.4	42.7	2.5	42.1	2.8	*	*	*	*
	Public only	58.9	3.5	59.8	3.7	58.5	4.5	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	89.1	1.9	87.3	2.4	87.3	3.0	*	*	95.6	1.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	56.8	1.8	54.0	2.0	51.8	2.2	67.5	3.9	74.0	4.2
	Large central metro	56.4	2.8	52.6	3.5	50.8	4.5	65.3	5.7	69.4	5.8
	Large fringe metro	57.9	3.5	56.2	3.9	54.9	4.0	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	57.6	3.5	54.8	3.6	51.3	3.9	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	53.2	5.4	50.8	5.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	56.0	4.0	55.7	4.0	54.2	4.6	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	53.5	4.9	53.0	4.9	51.2	5.7	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	60.4	5.6	60.4	5.8	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	53.8	1.7	53.5	1.8	51.7	2.0	67.1	3.7	57.3	7.0
Language spoken most often at home	Other	82.4	3.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	87.7	3.0
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	55.9	2.0	53.0	2.2	51.2	2.4	66.8	4.2	77.0	4.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	58.4	2.7	57.6	3.0	54.9	3.5	*	*	64.3	6.4
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	55.9	2.9	55.5	3.1	53.2	3.7	*	*	*	*
	Complex activities	58.1	3.3	58.9	3.5	58.0	4.3	*	*	*	*
	Neither basic nor complex activities	58.9	2.1	55.0	2.5	53.5	2.7	68.0	5.1	82.5	3.5

^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: 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_4-6b: 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_4-6b.html