Table 15_1_2-1d

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_2.1d
People who received a prescription medication 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		67.8	0.5	62.7	0.9	66.6	0.8	70.5	0.6
Age	18–44	55.0	0.7	46.4	1.1	51.5	1.2	60.6	0.8
	45–64	75.1	0.7	70.9	1.5	74.2	1.1	76.8	0.8
	65 and over	91.4	0.5	90.5	1.0	90.9	1.0	92.6	0.8
Gender	Male	58.5	0.6	52.5	1.2	56.5	1.1	62.4	0.8
Gender	Female	76.3	0.5	72.9	1.2	75.9	0.9	77.9	0.7
Race	White, single race	69.6	0.5	62.9	1.0	68.8	0.9	72.7	0.6
	Black, single race	60.8	1.0	62.4	2.0	57.1	1.8	63.1	1.4
	Asian, single race	52.4	2.3	60.7	6.0	50.3	4.6	51.5	2.6
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	66.8	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	70.7	3.1	*	*	66.9	5.9	77.7	4.4
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	70.5	0.5	69.8	1.0	69.3	0.9	71.5	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	73.3	0.5	72.4	1.2	72.3	0.9	74.1	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	60.8	1.0	63.2	2.0	57.0	1.9	62.8	1.4
	Hispanic	49.1	1.2	46.4	1.4	45.6	2.1	57.9	2.2
Family income^b	Negative/poor	64.6	1.1	61.8	1.6	64.3	1.9	69.8	2.3
	Near poor/low	64.9	1.0	62.3	1.3	64.9	1.7	68.0	1.6
	Middle	66.3	0.8	62.1	1.7	66.5	1.3	67.9	1.1
	High	70.9	0.6	66.2	2.3	68.7	1.3	72.3	0.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	61.3	0.6	49.1	1.3	58.4	1.1	66.2	0.7
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	69.6	0.8	63.5	1.3	71.2	1.3	73.3	1.5
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	67.3	0.5	59.7	1.5	66.4	1.1	69.1	0.6
	Public only	73.8	1.1	69.3	1.6	74.7	1.8	81.2	2.2
	Uninsured	38.8	1.0	36.9	1.5	34.7	1.8	45.9	2.3
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	90.2	1.0	89.2	1.8	89.9	1.9	91.4	1.8
	Medicare and private	92.6	0.7	91.7	1.6	92.5	1.2	93.0	1.0
	Medicare and other public	91.3	1.4	92.1	1.6	87.5	3.9	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	67.1	0.6	61.4	1.0	65.7	1.0	70.0	0.6
	Large central metro	61.6	0.8	55.3	1.4	58.7	1.4	65.9	1.1
	Large fringe metro	67.9	0.9	65.4	1.9	67.7	1.6	68.8	1.1
	Medium metro	72.4	1.1	64.8	2.2	71.9	2.0	75.7	1.4
	Small metro	71.0	1.6	67.8	3.7	66.8	2.5	75.3	1.7
	Nonmetropolitan	71.3	0.9	68.4	2.0	70.2	1.5	74.0	1.3
	Micropolitan	71.1	1.2	69.2	2.4	70.0	2.0	73.2	1.7
	Noncore	71.6	1.4	67.2	3.1	70.7	2.1	75.6	2.2
Language spoken most often at home	English	70.8	0.5	69.4	1.0	69.4	0.9	72.1	0.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	44.5	1.4	45.0	1.5	38.6	2.3	48.5	2.7
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	64.6	0.5	56.0	1.0	62.8	1.0	68.7	0.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	88.4	0.6	86.2	1.0	88.8	1.1	90.1	1.1
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	92.3	0.6	92.6	1.0	90.5	1.1	93.9	0.8
	Complex activities	92.8	0.7	93.2	1.1	91.2	1.4	94.3	1.3
	Neither basic nor complex activities	63.7	0.6	54.5	1.0	62.2	1.0	67.8	0.7

^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_2-1d: 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_2-1d.html