Table 14_4_5-1a

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_5.1a
People with a usual source of care, excluding hospital emergency rooms, who has office hours nights or weekends, by race, United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Single race										Multiple races
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		43.9	0.8	43.7	0.9	43.5	1.6	47.2	3.5	57.5	13.0	41.0	5.9	47.8	3.2
Age	0–17	56.4	1.1	56.7	1.3	54.0	2.4	66.6	5.3	*	*	*	*	49.5	4.6
	18–44	44.7	1.1	44.5	1.1	44.1	2.5	46.4	5.0	*	*	*	*	52.3	5.9
	45–64	37.9	1.2	38.3	1.3	33.6	2.6	35.8	5.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	65 and over	26.9	1.4	27.0	1.5	26.7	2.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	44.7	1.0	44.4	1.1	45.4	2.0	47.2	4.4	*	*	*	*	43.6	4.9
Gender	Female	43.2	0.8	43.0	0.9	42.1	1.8	47.1	3.4	*	*	37.9	7.7	51.3	3.8
Family income^a	Negative/poor	35.7	1.4	35.0	1.8	37.9	2.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	38.4	6.2
	Near poor/low	40.0	1.4	40.3	1.5	37.8	3.1	38.5	6.8	*	*	*	*	50.0	7.1
	Middle	45.4	1.3	44.8	1.4	46.4	2.5	50.3	6.1	*	*	*	*	49.1	6.9
	High	46.8	1.1	46.1	1.2	52.3	3.4	50.6	4.8	*	*	*	*	50.3	6.7
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	37.4	1.3	38.6	1.5	30.3	2.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High school graduate	40.3	1.3	40.3	1.4	38.5	2.5	41.1	6.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
	At least some college	38.2	1.0	37.6	1.1	41.3	2.5	39.5	3.7	*	*	*	*	43.0	5.9
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	42.6	1.0	42.5	1.1	41.6	2.1	45.0	4.0	*	*	*	*	49.8	5.2
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	37.7	1.4	38.1	1.5	34.0	3.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	48.4	1.0	48.2	1.1	48.0	2.3	51.3	3.9	*	*	*	*	52.2	4.8
	Public only	41.3	1.3	41.3	1.7	40.7	2.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	46.8	5.6
	Uninsured	40.9	1.7	40.2	1.9	44.7	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	30.6	2.4	30.7	2.5	28.9	5.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	25.6	1.7	25.4	1.7	26.9	5.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	24.9	2.6	27.2	3.3	23.6	4.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	46.5	0.9	46.4	0.9	46.1	1.6	47.8	3.5	*	*	46.2	6.8	49.7	3.6
	Large central metro	45.4	1.1	44.1	1.4	49.0	1.8	46.9	4.7	*	*	*	*	51.6	6.8
	Large fringe metro	52.7	1.5	53.0	1.6	48.2	3.7	53.7	5.7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	40.4	2.5	40.8	2.6	39.1	4.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	40.2	6.0
	Small metro	46.6	2.9	46.7	3.0	35.7	5.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	31.3	1.5	31.8	1.5	23.6	5.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	40.1	7.5
	Micropolitan	32.2	2.1	32.2	2.2	31.5	7.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	29.8	3.4	31.2	3.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	44.0	0.9	43.8	1.0	43.5	1.7	52.8	4.6	*	*	40.8	6.0	47.4	3.2
Language spoken most often at home	Other	43.0	1.9	42.7	1.9	*	*	40.2	4.7	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	45.3	0.9	44.9	0.9	46.0	1.7	48.5	3.7	*	*	44.2	6.8	50.5	3.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	32.8	1.4	33.8	1.6	29.9	2.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	29.8	1.3	30.6	1.4	23.7	2.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Complex activities	32.4	1.6	33.8	1.8	24.8	2.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Neither basic nor complex activities	40.5	1.0	40.2	1.0	41.5	2.0	40.7	3.7	*	*	*	*	49.5	5.4

^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_5-1a: 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_5-1a.html