Table 14_4_6-1a

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_6.1a
People with difficulty contacting their usual source of care over the telephone, 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		16.1	0.5	16.2	0.6	14.2	1.0	17.6	2.3	*	*	23.5	5.1	19.1	2.7
Age	0–17	12.3	0.7	11.9	0.8	12.7	1.4	14.3	4.3	*	*	*	*	15.4	2.9
	18–44	17.3	0.7	17.4	0.8	15.2	1.7	15.9	2.8	*	*	*	*	25.8	5.9
	45–64	18.4	0.8	18.6	0.9	14.6	1.4	19.8	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	65 and over	17.4	0.9	17.2	1.0	15.4	2.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	15.8	0.6	15.8	0.7	14.1	1.2	15.2	2.9	*	*	*	*	20.3	3.9
Gender	Female	16.4	0.5	16.5	0.6	14.3	1.2	19.5	2.4	*	*	16.7	4.2	18.0	3.0
Family income^a	Negative/poor	18.1	1.1	18.3	1.3	18.3	1.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	20.9	4.8
	Near poor/low	15.6	0.9	15.6	1.0	15.0	2.1	23.9	6.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Middle	15.3	0.8	15.2	0.9	11.8	1.6	21.6	5.3	*	*	*	*	22.8	5.4
	High	16.4	0.7	16.7	0.7	11.7	1.6	14.7	2.5	*	*	*	*	23.7	5.5
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	18.4	1.1	17.8	1.1	19.7	2.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High school graduate	16.4	0.8	16.5	0.9	13.3	1.6	17.5	4.5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	At least some college	18.2	0.7	18.6	0.8	13.5	1.6	20.0	2.9	*	*	*	*	20.7	4.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	17.1	0.7	17.3	0.8	13.9	1.5	16.9	2.3	*	*	*	*	24.0	5.1
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	20.1	1.0	20.6	1.1	17.9	2.1	19.6	4.9	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	15.3	0.6	15.5	0.7	11.6	1.3	15.2	2.4	*	*	*	*	17.8	3.2
	Public only	17.5	1.0	17.6	1.1	16.8	1.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	18.6	4.7
	Uninsured	19.0	1.3	18.1	1.5	21.1	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	17.7	1.6	16.6	1.7	22.1	4.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	17.1	1.2	17.0	1.3	14.6	4.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	16.2	2.5	18.6	3.4	9.4	2.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	16.3	0.6	16.3	0.6	15.1	1.0	17.3	2.3	*	*	*	*	19.7	2.7
	Large central metro	17.7	0.9	17.5	1.1	16.0	1.4	21.8	3.8	*	*	*	*	19.7	4.1
	Large fringe metro	16.1	0.9	16.6	1.0	14.0	1.8	11.1	3.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	15.8	1.1	15.8	1.2	15.9	2.4	12.1	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	13.2	1.6	12.9	1.8	10.9	2.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	15.5	1.3	15.8	1.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	15.8	1.7	16.0	1.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	14.8	2.0	15.6	1.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	16.1	0.6	16.2	0.6	14.1	1.0	16.8	3.1	*	*	23.2	5.2	19.0	2.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	16.6	1.3	16.1	1.4	20.9	4.9	18.7	3.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	15.2	0.5	15.3	0.6	13.1	1.0	16.8	2.4	*	*	21.5	5.5	18.2	2.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	23.2	1.2	23.4	1.3	20.1	1.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	21.9	0.9	22.0	1.0	21.2	2.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Complex activities	24.3	1.3	25.1	1.5	21.4	2.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Neither basic nor complex activities	16.7	0.6	16.9	0.7	12.9	1.2	18.5	2.5	*	*	*	*	23.3	4.9

^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_6-1a: 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_6-1a.html