Table 14_4_7-1a

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_7.1a
Adults who did not have problems seeing a specialist they needed to see in the last 12 months, 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		72.2	0.6	73.8	0.7	64.7	2.1	54.0	4.6	*	*	*	*	68.1	5.9
Age	18–44	65.2	1.1	66.7	1.2	56.7	3.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	45–64	72.0	1.2	73.5	1.2	66.8	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	65 and over	82.5	1.0	83.8	1.0	78.1	3.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	72.4	1.0	74.3	1.0	66.9	3.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Female	72.1	0.7	73.5	0.8	63.4	2.2	63.4	4.8	*	*	*	*	*	*
Family income^a	Negative/poor	56.7	2.0	59.5	2.5	47.3	4.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	69.0	1.6	70.0	1.8	67.7	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Middle	71.5	1.2	73.3	1.2	65.0	4.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High	76.7	0.9	77.7	1.0	73.3	3.6	61.4	5.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
Education^b	Less than high school	66.6	1.6	66.5	1.7	69.6	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High school graduate	74.1	1.1	76.8	1.2	57.2	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	At least some college	72.8	0.9	74.1	1.0	67.1	3.0	60.2	4.9	*	*	*	*	*	*
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	69.7	0.9	70.9	1.0	65.2	2.9	53.8	6.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	65.9	1.4	68.5	1.6	52.5	3.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	72.5	0.9	74.1	0.9	65.9	2.8	53.5	5.8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Public only	55.7	2.3	56.6	2.8	51.9	4.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	51.1	2.6	49.6	2.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	80.5	2.1	80.7	2.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	85.2	1.2	85.7	1.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	71.2	3.9	77.5	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	71.5	0.7	73.1	0.7	64.7	2.3	53.9	4.7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Large central metro	68.0	1.3	69.7	1.4	63.5	3.6	54.0	6.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Large fringe metro	71.9	1.3	73.5	1.4	66.8	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	74.5	1.2	76.2	1.3	62.6	4.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	74.1	2.1	74.0	2.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	76.0	1.5	77.3	1.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	75.2	1.7	76.8	1.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	77.6	2.8	78.3	3.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	73.5	0.7	75.0	0.7	64.6	2.1	59.2	7.0	*	*	*	*	69.2	6.0
Language spoken most often at home	Other	54.8	2.8	56.8	3.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	74.4	0.7	76.0	0.8	67.0	2.6	54.0	5.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	63.8	1.3	65.0	1.5	59.7	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	70.7	1.2	71.9	1.3	66.5	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Complex activities	65.0	1.6	67.3	1.7	58.1	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Neither basic nor complex activities	73.0	0.7	74.6	0.8	65.1	2.6	53.1	4.9	*	*	*	*	*	*

^a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, 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_7-1a: 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_7-1a.html