Table 15_3_3-1c

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_3_3.1c
Adults who received prescription medications for mental health treatment in the last 12 months,^a by family income,^b United States, 2006
Population group		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		10.9	0.2	11.2	0.6	10.5	0.5	10.8	0.4	11.0	0.4
Age	18–44	10.4	0.3	10.1	0.6	10.5	0.6	11.0	0.5	9.9	0.5
	45–64	13.4	0.5	16.7	1.8	13.9	1.4	13.3	0.9	12.8	0.7
	65 and over	7.2	0.6	6.5	2.1	6.7	1.0	5.9	1.0	8.9	1.2
Gender	Male	7.2	0.3	7.6	0.8	7.9	0.7	7.1	0.5	7.0	0.5
Gender	Female	14.3	0.4	13.5	0.9	12.6	0.7	14.3	0.6	15.5	0.7
Race	White only	12.0	0.3	12.1	0.7	11.9	0.6	12.0	0.5	12.0	0.5
	Black only	5.7	0.6	8.9	1.5	4.7	1.0	4.8	0.8	4.5	1.2
	Asian only	3.0	0.8	4.0	2.1	3.2	1.3	2.4	1.0	2.9	1.5
	NHOPI only	6.2	2.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN only	9.0	1.6	9.5	3.2	7.8	2.2	10.3	2.8	7.3	3.1
	Multiple races	16.9	3.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Hispanic	5.0	0.5	4.9	0.9	4.8	0.7	5.5	0.9	4.5	1.2
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic	11.8	0.3	13.4	0.8	12.1	0.6	11.5	0.5	11.4	0.4
County type	MSA	10.5	0.3	10.3	0.7	10.0	0.6	10.3	0.5	10.9	0.5
County type	Non-MSA	12.9	0.6	14.4	1.4	12.3	1.2	13.1	1.0	12.3	1.2

^a Received prescription medication for mental health treatment/counseling refers to having received prescription medication for problems with emotions, nerves, or mental health. Respondents were not to include treatment for drug or alcohol use. Respondents with missing treatment/counseling information are excluded.

^b Estimates are based on a revised definition of Poverty Level that incorporates information on family income, size, and composition and is calculated as a percentage of the U.S. Census Bureau's poverty thresholds. 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. These estimates are not comparable with similar estimates published in NSDUH reports prior to 2006. Respondents with unknown poverty information were excluded. See Appendix C of the Results from the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings for details on the variable.

* - 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; MSA: metropolitan statistical area; SE: standard error.

Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 15_3_3-1c: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/15_healthcareutilization/T15_3_3-1c.html