Table 14_4_1-2c

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_1.2c
People unable to get or delayed in getting needed medical care, dental care, or prescription medicines, 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		11.4	0.4	16.5	0.8	14.7	0.8	11.7	0.6	7.8	0.4
Age	0–17	6.3	0.5	7.4	0.9	7.4	0.9	6.8	0.8	4.2	0.6
	18–44	13.0	0.5	21.8	1.3	18.5	1.2	12.3	0.8	8.0	0.5
	45–64	14.4	0.6	28.5	2.2	22.0	1.4	16.0	1.1	9.4	0.6
	65 and over	10.6	0.6	10.1	1.4	11.8	1.3	12.9	1.3	8.1	0.9
Gender	Male	9.9	0.4	14.0	1.0	13.3	1.0	10.7	0.7	6.7	0.4
Gender	Female	12.8	0.5	18.4	1.0	16.0	0.9	12.8	0.7	8.9	0.6
Race	White, single race	11.5	0.4	18.1	1.0	14.7	0.9	12.2	0.6	7.9	0.4
	Black, single race	11.1	0.8	13.2	1.5	14.3	1.5	9.1	1.1	7.5	1.2
	Asian, single race	7.0	1.1	*	*	10.7	2.6	7.8	2.1	5.0	1.2
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	16.2	3.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	16.3	2.1	14.5	3.5	21.9	4.3	18.0	5.2	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	11.7	0.4	17.6	1.0	16.4	0.9	12.3	0.7	7.8	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	12.0	0.4	20.8	1.3	17.2	1.1	12.9	0.7	8.0	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	11.1	0.8	13.3	1.5	14.5	1.5	9.2	1.2	7.4	1.2
	Hispanic	9.7	0.6	13.4	1.4	9.3	0.9	8.6	1.0	7.5	1.3
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	16.0	0.8	20.3	1.3	17.6	1.3	13.1	1.3	11.6	1.8
	High school graduate	13.1	0.6	20.5	1.8	16.7	1.2	13.4	0.9	8.2	0.6
	At least some college	12.0	0.5	25.6	2.1	19.1	1.4	13.9	0.9	8.5	0.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	12.6	0.5	22.7	1.4	19.4	1.2	13.7	0.8	8.4	0.4
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	17.5	0.8	24.8	1.7	20.2	1.5	13.5	1.3	10.8	1.3
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	9.3	0.4	14.3	1.6	12.8	1.1	10.4	0.7	7.3	0.4
	Public only	13.5	0.7	14.4	1.0	13.0	1.1	12.4	1.9	11.4	3.4
	Uninsured	20.6	1.0	26.2	1.7	22.9	1.7	18.0	1.6	13.4	2.0
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	13.1	1.3	15.3	3.8	13.7	2.3	14.0	2.5	10.3	2.3
	Medicare and private	8.9	0.8	*	*	9.0	1.7	11.5	1.7	7.6	1.1
	Medicare and other public	14.1	1.9	10.4	2.3	15.8	3.0	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	11.2	0.4	16.7	0.9	15.2	0.9	11.7	0.7	7.4	0.3
	Large central metro	10.9	0.5	14.9	1.4	14.0	1.3	11.3	0.8	7.2	0.5
	Large fringe metro	10.3	0.6	19.8	2.3	13.1	1.6	11.0	1.2	7.4	0.6
	Medium metro	12.7	0.9	17.3	1.7	18.1	1.9	13.0	1.5	8.1	0.9
	Small metro	11.4	1.1	16.2	3.1	17.1	2.5	11.7	1.7	6.7	1.0
	Nonmetropolitan	12.3	1.0	15.8	1.9	12.9	1.4	12.1	1.4	10.2	1.2
	Micropolitan	11.7	1.0	15.5	2.0	12.2	1.5	11.6	1.3	9.8	1.5
	Noncore	13.4	1.7	16.3	3.4	13.8	2.3	12.9	3.0	11.4	1.8
Language spoken most often at home	English	11.7	0.4	17.5	0.9	16.0	0.9	12.2	0.7	7.9	0.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	9.2	0.7	12.4	1.5	9.9	1.0	8.4	1.2	5.4	1.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	9.7	0.4	13.2	0.8	12.3	0.8	10.3	0.6	7.1	0.3
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	25.8	1.0	31.8	2.1	27.4	1.8	25.3	1.8	18.8	1.9
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	25.4	1.0	33.8	2.3	27.0	1.9	24.8	1.9	18.2	1.8
	Complex activities	30.8	1.3	40.7	2.6	32.0	2.3	28.0	2.3	21.4	2.8
	Neither basic nor complex activities	10.8	0.4	17.3	1.1	14.8	1.0	11.5	0.7	7.5	0.4

^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_4_1-2c: 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_1-2c.html