Table 15_1_1-1d

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 15_1_1.1d
People who had an office-based or outpatient department visit in the calendar year, by education,^a United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		73.7	0.5	65.5	0.8	71.5	0.7	78.5	0.5
Age	18–44	63.3	0.7	50.8	1.1	58.9	1.1	71.0	0.8
	45–64	80.0	0.6	73.6	1.3	77.7	1.1	83.3	0.7
	65 and over	92.4	0.5	89.6	1.0	92.2	0.9	94.5	0.8
Gender	Male	64.5	0.7	54.4	1.3	61.0	1.1	71.1	0.8
Gender	Female	82.2	0.4	76.6	1.0	81.1	0.8	85.1	0.5
Race	White, single race	75.6	0.5	66.1	1.0	73.8	0.8	80.4	0.6
	Black, single race	65.2	1.1	62.2	2.2	60.3	1.8	71.2	1.6
	Asian, single race	63.4	1.9	62.7	4.6	60.2	4.4	64.7	2.2
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	68.8	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	74.8	2.9	*	*	70.5	5.1	78.2	4.2
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	76.3	0.5	71.7	1.0	73.9	0.7	79.1	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	79.0	0.5	74.8	1.1	77.0	0.8	81.4	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	65.3	1.1	62.8	2.3	60.2	1.8	71.2	1.5
	Hispanic	56.3	1.0	51.1	1.4	52.7	1.8	69.4	1.8
Family income^b	Negative/poor	66.5	1.1	62.4	1.5	66.9	1.6	72.9	2.4
	Near poor/low	69.3	0.9	64.1	1.3	70.5	1.5	73.8	1.5
	Middle	71.7	0.8	63.9	1.7	70.9	1.2	75.9	1.0
	High	79.0	0.6	76.4	1.9	74.4	1.3	81.1	0.7
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	68.8	0.6	53.0	1.2	64.5	1.0	75.4	0.6
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	74.6	0.8	67.4	1.3	75.3	1.4	80.1	1.4
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	75.4	0.5	66.5	1.4	72.1	1.0	78.7	0.6
	Public only	77.6	1.0	72.1	1.5	80.6	1.6	83.5	2.1
	Uninsured	42.4	1.1	37.5	1.6	40.3	1.9	50.7	2.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	90.1	1.1	89.0	1.8	87.6	2.1	94.3	1.5
	Medicare and private	94.6	0.6	93.3	1.4	95.3	0.9	94.7	1.0
	Medicare and other public	89.8	1.6	87.3	2.3	91.5	3.1	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	73.1	0.5	64.1	0.9	70.6	0.8	77.9	0.6
	Large central metro	68.3	0.7	58.3	1.3	63.5	1.3	75.2	0.9
	Large fringe metro	75.6	0.9	68.6	2.2	74.1	1.5	78.5	1.2
	Medium metro	76.6	1.0	67.9	2.1	75.3	1.5	80.9	1.2
	Small metro	74.3	1.3	68.0	3.5	71.5	1.6	79.0	1.5
	Nonmetropolitan	76.9	1.0	71.2	2.0	75.1	1.3	82.2	1.3
	Micropolitan	77.1	1.2	70.7	2.6	75.9	1.6	81.7	1.5
	Noncore	76.5	2.0	71.9	2.9	73.4	2.3	83.1	2.4
Language spoken most often at home	English	76.6	0.5	71.5	0.9	74.0	0.8	79.8	0.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	52.7	1.3	50.2	1.5	49.2	2.1	59.6	2.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	71.6	0.5	60.0	1.0	68.8	0.9	77.2	0.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	88.4	0.6	84.7	1.2	88.5	1.0	92.1	0.9
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	93.5	0.5	92.1	1.0	92.8	0.9	95.5	0.8
	Complex activities	92.9	0.7	92.6	1.1	92.1	1.3	94.0	1.4
	Neither basic nor complex activities	70.6	0.5	58.4	1.0	67.7	0.9	76.6	0.6

^a Persons age 18 and over. 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.

^b 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.

^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 15_1_1-1d: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/15_healthcareutilization/T15_1_1-1d.html