Table 14_4_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_4_1.1
People unable to get or delayed in getting needed medical care, dental care, or prescription medicines in the last 12 months, United States, 2002 and 2005
Population group		2005			2002
Population group		Total population (in thousands)	Percent ^d	SE	Total population (in thousands)	Percent ^d	SE
Total		296,185	11.4	0.4	288,182	10.9	0.3
Age	0–17	73,452	6.3	0.5	72,730	5.7	0.3
	18–44	110,815	13.0	0.5	111,090	13.1	0.4
	45–64	73,257	14.4	0.6	67,009	13.8	0.5
	65 and over	36,280	10.6	0.6	34,921	9.3	0.6
Gender	Male	145,116	9.9	0.4	140,802	9.7	0.3
Gender	Female	151,069	12.8	0.5	147,380	12.0	0.3
Race	White, single race	237,761	11.5	0.4	233,530	11.1	0.3
	Black, single race	36,870	11.1	0.8	35,504	9.8	0.6
	Asian, single race	12,659	7.00	1.1	11,567	6.22	0.9
	NHOPI, single race	1,078	*	*	884	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	2,332	16.2	3.1	2,583	13.6	2.4
	Multiple races	5,484	16.3	2.1	4,114	17.5	2.2
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	252,609	11.7	0.4	248,517	11.2	0.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	196,514	12.0	0.4	195,463	11.6	0.3
	Non-Hispanic, Black	35,880	11.1	0.8	34,875	9.8	0.6
	Hispanic	43,576	9.7	0.6	39,665	8.9	0.6
Family income^a	Negative/poor	37,915	16.5	0.8	35,618	16.4	0.8
	Near poor/low	54,033	14.7	0.8	52,639	14.0	0.6
	Middle	92,693	11.7	0.6	91,063	10.2	0.4
	High	111,543	7.8	0.4	108,862	8.2	0.4
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	41,928	16.0	0.8	45,282	14.4	0.6
	High school graduate	70,724	13.1	0.6	69,829	11.9	0.4
	At least some college	107,388	12.0	0.5	97,855	12.5	0.4
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	147,001	12.6	0.5	143,280	12.6	0.3
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	37,780	17.5	0.8	35,665	16.5	0.7
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	182,776	9.3	0.4	183,519	9.4	0.3
	Public only	38,952	13.5	0.7	34,249	13.6	0.7
	Uninsured	35,796	20.6	1.0	33,061	18.0	0.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	10,078	13.1	1.3	10,202	11.4	1.2
	Medicare and private	21,331	8.9	0.8	20,648	7.7	0.7
	Medicare and other public	4,477	14.1	1.9	3,788	11.8	1.6
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	247,418	11.2	0.4	241,330	11.0	0.3
	Large central metro	89,436	10.9	0.5	87,683	11.4	0.5
	Large fringe metro	73,350	10.3	0.6	69,802	9.9	0.5
	Medium metro	59,108	12.7	0.9	58,570	12.0	0.8
	Small metro	25,524	11.4	1.1	25,275	10.3	0.8
	Nonmetropolitan	48,767	12.3	1.0	46,852	10.5	0.7
	Micropolitan	31,968	11.7	1.0	31,339	10.6	0.9
	Noncore	16,799	13.4	1.7	15,513	10.2	1.0
Language spoken most often at home	English	257,411	11.7	0.4	252,871	11.3	0.3
Language spoken most often at home	Other	34,902	9.2	0.7	31,079	8.0	0.6
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	262,298	9.5	0.4	255,683	9.3	0.3
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	31,890	27.2	1.0	30,511	24.4	0.9
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	29,148	25.4	1.0	27,554	24.4	0.9
	Complex activities	17,758	30.8	1.3	16,398	29.0	1.2
	Neither basic nor complex activities	183,537	10.8	0.4	179,243	10.6	0.3

^a 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.

^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.

^d Denominator includes persons eligible to access care. Numerator includes persons unable to get or delayed in receiving needed care.

* - 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_4_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_4_1-1.html