Table 14_4_6-1b

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_6.1b
People with difficulty contacting their usual source of care over the telephone, by ethnicity, United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		16.1	0.5	16.1	0.6	16.2	0.6	14.1	1.0	16.4	0.9
Age	0–17	12.3	0.7	11.8	0.8	11.3	0.9	12.6	1.4	14.2	1.1
	18–44	17.3	0.7	17.4	0.8	17.6	0.9	14.9	1.7	16.6	1.3
	45–64	18.4	0.8	18.1	0.9	18.3	1.0	14.8	1.5	22.0	2.2
	65 and over	17.4	0.9	17.4	0.9	17.2	1.0	15.6	2.6	16.7	2.9
Gender	Male	15.8	0.6	15.9	0.7	16.0	0.7	14.0	1.2	15.2	1.1
Gender	Female	16.4	0.5	16.2	0.6	16.4	0.7	14.2	1.2	17.6	1.1
Family income^a	Negative/poor	18.1	1.1	18.1	1.2	18.4	1.7	18.6	1.9	18.1	1.9
	Near poor/low	15.6	0.9	15.1	1.1	15.0	1.3	14.7	2.1	17.5	1.6
	Middle	15.3	0.8	15.5	0.8	15.5	1.0	11.7	1.7	13.6	1.4
	High	16.4	0.7	16.4	0.7	16.6	0.8	11.5	1.6	17.3	2.3
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	18.4	1.1	18.2	1.2	17.8	1.4	19.0	2.2	18.8	1.7
	High school graduate	16.4	0.8	16.3	0.8	16.5	0.9	13.2	1.6	17.1	1.9
	At least some college	18.2	0.7	18.3	0.7	18.5	0.8	13.8	1.6	18.0	1.9
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	17.1	0.7	17.1	0.7	17.3	0.9	13.8	1.5	17.0	1.3
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	20.1	1.0	19.9	1.0	20.4	1.2	17.8	2.1	21.9	2.1
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	15.3	0.6	15.4	0.6	15.8	0.7	11.5	1.3	13.4	1.3
	Public only	17.5	1.0	17.2	1.1	17.3	1.4	16.7	1.7	18.3	1.6
	Uninsured	19.0	1.3	17.9	1.6	16.6	1.9	21.1	3.7	22.4	2.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	17.7	1.6	17.9	1.7	16.8	1.8	22.1	4.9	*	*
	Medicare and private	17.1	1.2	17.1	1.2	16.9	1.3	15.4	4.3	*	*
	Medicare and other public	16.2	2.5	16.1	3.0	19.5	4.4	*	*	16.5	3.6
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	16.3	0.6	16.2	0.6	16.2	0.7	15.0	1.0	16.6	0.9
	Large central metro	17.7	0.9	17.5	1.1	17.3	1.4	15.8	1.4	18.3	1.2
	Large fringe metro	16.1	0.9	16.3	1.0	16.9	1.1	14.1	1.8	14.0	2.3
	Medium metro	15.8	1.1	15.9	1.1	15.8	1.2	15.8	2.4	15.2	2.3
	Small metro	13.2	1.6	13.2	1.6	12.9	1.9	10.9	2.6	12.7	2.2
	Nonmetropolitan	15.5	1.3	15.5	1.3	15.9	1.3	*	*	14.9	3.5
	Micropolitan	15.8	1.7	15.9	1.6	16.1	1.8	*	*	15.0	4.2
	Noncore	14.8	2.0	14.8	2.1	15.7	1.9	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	16.1	0.6	16.1	0.6	16.2	0.6	14.1	1.0	16.4	1.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	16.6	1.3	16.9	2.4	14.9	3.8	*	*	16.5	1.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	15.2	0.5	15.3	0.6	15.4	0.6	13.0	1.0	15.1	0.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	23.2	1.2	22.6	1.3	22.7	1.4	20.4	2.0	27.2	2.5
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	21.9	0.9	22.0	1.0	22.1	1.1	21.3	2.2	20.4	2.9
	Complex activities	24.3	1.3	24.3	1.3	25.1	1.6	21.4	2.3	25.4	3.4
	Neither basic nor complex activities	16.7	0.6	16.6	0.6	16.8	0.7	12.7	1.2	17.8	1.2

^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: 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_6-1b: 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_6-1b.html