Table 14_4_1-2d

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_1.2d
People unable to get or delayed in getting needed medical care, dental care, or prescription medicines, by education,^a United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		13.1	0.4	16.0	0.8	13.1	0.6	12.0	0.5
Age	18–44	13.0	0.5	15.8	1.0	12.8	0.8	12.1	0.6
	45–64	14.4	0.6	21.2	1.6	14.2	0.9	12.7	0.7
	65 and over	10.6	0.6	10.8	1.0	11.6	1.2	9.7	1.0
Gender	Male	11.1	0.4	14.9	1.0	11.0	0.7	9.6	0.5
Gender	Female	15.0	0.6	17.0	1.0	15.1	0.8	14.1	0.6
Race	White, single race	13.1	0.4	16.2	0.9	13.2	0.6	12.0	0.5
	Black, single race	13.7	0.9	15.2	1.6	12.6	1.2	13.8	1.4
	Asian, single race	7.2	1.2	*	*	*	*	7.0	1.5
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	19.9	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	23.2	3.0	*	*	25.5	4.9	23.8	4.5
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	13.3	0.4	17.4	1.0	13.5	0.6	12.0	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	13.4	0.5	18.3	1.2	13.7	0.7	12.0	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	13.7	1.0	15.2	1.6	12.5	1.2	13.9	1.4
	Hispanic	11.8	0.7	12.7	1.2	10.4	1.2	11.8	1.2
Family income^b	Negative/poor	21.7	1.1	20.3	1.3	20.5	1.8	25.6	2.1
	Near poor/low	17.7	0.9	17.6	1.3	16.7	1.2	19.1	1.4
	Middle	13.6	0.7	13.1	1.3	13.4	0.9	13.9	0.9
	High	8.6	0.4	11.6	1.8	8.2	0.6	8.5	0.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	12.6	0.5	16.7	1.2	12.5	0.7	11.6	0.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	17.5	0.8	19.3	1.3	16.8	1.2	16.7	1.1
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	10.5	0.4	12.8	1.2	10.1	0.6	10.3	0.5
	Public only	23.2	1.2	20.2	1.7	21.1	2.0	32.3	2.6
	Uninsured	22.0	1.0	22.0	1.5	21.7	1.7	22.4	1.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	13.0	1.2	13.4	2.1	12.5	2.1	13.1	2.3
	Medicare and private	8.9	0.8	7.9	1.3	10.1	1.5	8.5	1.2
	Medicare and other public	14.7	2.0	13.0	2.2	22.2	5.2	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	13.0	0.5	15.5	0.9	13.4	0.7	11.8	0.5
	Large central metro	12.8	0.6	15.2	1.3	13.0	1.1	11.6	0.7
	Large fringe metro	11.7	0.7	13.2	1.7	11.5	1.0	11.4	0.9
	Medium metro	14.6	1.0	17.3	1.8	16.3	1.6	12.5	1.1
	Small metro	13.4	1.3	17.6	2.2	12.6	1.6	12.2	1.5
	Nonmetropolitan	13.8	1.0	17.9	1.9	12.2	1.2	13.1	1.3
	Micropolitan	12.8	1.0	17.3	2.4	11.3	1.3	12.2	1.4
	Noncore	15.6	1.8	18.8	2.9	14.0	1.8	15.2	2.4
Language spoken most often at home	English	13.4	0.5	17.8	1.0	13.5	0.6	12.0	0.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	10.9	0.8	11.1	1.1	9.5	1.2	11.9	1.5
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	11.1	0.4	13.0	0.9	11.0	0.6	10.5	0.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	26.5	1.1	26.4	1.9	25.5	1.5	27.6	1.8
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	25.4	1.0	26.1	1.9	24.1	1.7	26.2	1.7
	Complex activities	30.9	1.4	28.9	2.3	30.5	2.1	33.2	2.4
	Neither basic nor complex activities	10.8	0.4	13.0	0.8	10.7	0.6	10.1	0.5

^a Persons age 18 and over. 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.

^b 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.

^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_1-2d: 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_1-2d.html