Table 14_4_8-1a

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_8.1a
Children 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		79.0	1.4	79.9	1.5	74.6	3.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Age	0–5	77.9	2.5	79.6	2.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Age	6–17	79.4	1.6	80.0	1.7	77.3	3.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	77.0	2.0	77.7	2.2	70.9	5.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Female	81.4	1.8	82.4	1.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Family income^a	Negative/poor	75.3	3.0	76.3	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	77.3	2.8	77.3	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Middle	78.7	2.7	79.7	2.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High	81.5	2.2	82.2	2.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance	Any private	80.6	1.6	81.1	1.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Public only	75.1	2.5	76.7	2.8	71.8	5.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	78.9	1.5	80.2	1.6	73.7	4.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Large central metro	75.6	2.6	77.8	2.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Large fringe metro	78.5	2.5	79.2	2.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	83.0	3.1	83.8	3.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	81.0	4.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	79.7	3.4	78.7	3.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	78.7	3.9	77.6	4.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	79.7	1.5	80.4	1.5	75.5	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	Other	72.8	4.4	76.5	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	79.6	1.4	80.7	1.5	74.2	4.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	71.0	5.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	76.5	1.9	78.5	2.0	71.1	4.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	No	81.9	1.8	81.6	1.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

^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 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; CSHCN: children with special health care needs; 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_8-1a: 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_8-1a.html