Table 16_8_3-1b

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_8_3.1b
Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and over with delayed care due to cost,^a by ethnicity, United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		5.0	0.3	4.8	0.3	4.4	0.3	7.2	1.2	7.8	1.1
Age	65–74	6.9	0.4	6.5	0.4	6.2	0.5	8.4	2.1	10.8	1.7
	75–84	3.4	0.3	3.4	0.3	2.9	0.3	6.5	1.4	3.4	1.0
	85 and over	2.7	0.3	2.6	0.3	2.4	0.3	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	4.4	0.3	4.2	0.4	3.8	0.4	5.5	1.3	6.9	1.3
Gender	Female	5.5	0.4	5.3	0.4	4.9	0.4	8.3	1.5	8.5	1.6
Income^b	Negative/poor	9.5	0.8	9.3	0.9	9.9	1.1	8.2	1.8	9.8	2.0
	Near poor/low	6.9	0.5	6.9	0.5	6.4	0.6	8.8	1.9	7.1	1.6
	Middle	3.6	0.3	3.4	0.3	3.1	0.3	*	*	*	*
	High	2.0	0.3	1.9	0.4	1.9	0.4	*	*	*	*
Health insurance	Medicare and Medicaid	7.9	0.8	8.5	0.9	11.1	1.3	*	*	5.9	1.5
	Medicare HMO	4.4	0.6	3.8	0.6	3.3	0.5	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	3.5	0.3	3.4	0.3	3.2	0.3	5.3	1.3	*	*
	Medicare fee for service only	11.3	1.1	11.0	1.1	9.5	1.2	15.7	4.1	15.6	4.3
Residence location	MSA	4.7	0.3	4.4	0.3	4.1	0.3	6.3	1.1	7.7	1.1
Residence location	Non-MSA	6.3	0.4	6.3	0.4	5.4	0.4	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	4.1	0.3	3.9	0.3	3.7	0.3	5.9	1.3	6.5	1.2
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	8.6	0.6	8.3	0.6	7.4	0.6	10.5	2.2	10.5	1.9
Functional limitations	No limitation	3.6	0.3	3.4	0.3	2.9	0.3	6.8	1.7	6.5	1.5
	IADLs only	4.8	0.6	4.6	0.5	4.2	0.6	*	*	*	*
	1–2 ADLs	7.9	0.6	7.7	0.6	7.2	0.6	10.4	2.8	10.9	2.3
	Three or more ADLs	9.3	1.2	9.3	1.3	9.6	1.4	*	*	9.5	2.2
	At least 1 ADL/IADL	7.2	0.4	7.0	0.4	6.7	0.4	7.8	1.5	9.5	1.3

^a Estimates are for full-year community residents age 65 and over.

^b Negative/poor refers to 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.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: HMO: Health Maintenance Organization; MSA: metropolitan statistical area; IADLs: instrumental activities of daily living; ADLs: activities of daily living; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 16_8_3-1b: 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_8_3-1b.html