Table 16_10_8-1

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 16_10_8.1
Currently insured children with special health care needs whose insurance is not adequate,^a United States, 2005–2006
Population group		Percent	SE
Total		33.1	0.4
Race	White only	32.5	0.5
	Black only	33.5	1.1
	Asian only	30.8	3.4
	AI/AN only	40.7	3.7
	NHOPI only	40.8	9.1
	Multiple races	29.4	1.9
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	37.3	1.4
	Non-Hispanic, all races	32.5	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	32.3	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	33.4	1.2
	Non-Hispanic, other	31.1	1.6
Family income^b	Negative/poor	35.8	1.1
	Near poor/low	34.0	0.9
	Middle	34.6	0.7
	High	29.0	0.7

^a Adequate insurance met the following criteria: allowed the child to see the health care providers needed, offered benefits and covered services that met their needs, and had reasonable noncovered costs.

^b Imputed family income. 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.

Key: NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 16_10_8-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/16_prioritypopulations/T16_10_8-1.html