Table 12_4_1-2d

2009 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 12_4_1.2d
People with a usual source of carewhose health provider usually asks about prescription medications and treatments from other doctors, by education,^a United States, 2006
		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		80.3	0.5	78.7	0.9	78.8	0.9	81.6	0.6
Age	18–44	81.4	0.7	81.1	1.3	79.6	1.3	82.3	0.9
	45–64	80.4	0.7	79.1	1.6	79.4	1.3	81.3	0.9
	65 and over	77.6	1.2	75.3	1.6	76.2	1.7	80.4	1.7
Gender	Male	80.6	0.6	79.2	1.2	79.0	1.1	81.9	0.8
Gender	Female	80.0	0.6	78.3	1.2	78.5	1.1	81.4	0.7
Race	White, single race	80.7	0.6	79.5	1.0	79.1	1.0	82.0	0.8
	Black, single race	78.8	1.0	77.0	2.0	78.7	1.6	79.9	1.4
	Asian, single race	75.3	2.8	DSU	DSU	69.4	6.4	78.8	2.7
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	82.1	5.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	78.2	3.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	80.0	0.6	77.2	1.0	78.7	1.0	81.5	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	80.5	0.6	77.7	1.1	79.1	1.1	81.9	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	78.8	1.1	76.8	2.0	78.7	1.7	80.0	1.4
	Hispanic, all races	82.3	1.3	83.6	1.6	79.5	2.4	83.2	2.0
Family income^b	Negative/poor	79.9	1.1	77.6	1.7	81.7	1.7	81.0	2.1
	Near poor/low	79.7	1.2	79.7	1.7	78.0	1.8	81.7	1.8
	Middle	79.9	1.0	78.5	1.8	77.8	1.4	82.1	1.2
	High	80.8	0.8	79.0	2.2	79.3	1.5	81.5	0.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	80.6	0.6	79.4	1.3	78.9	1.1	81.6	0.7
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	82.3	0.9	81.8	1.5	81.6	1.4	83.3	1.4
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	81.1	0.6	80.8	1.4	79.1	1.2	82.1	0.7
	Public only	80.7	1.3	78.9	2.0	80.8	1.9	83.6	2.3
	Uninsured	79.6	1.5	80.6	2.4	80.8	2.4	77.5	2.5
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	76.5	1.8	74.8	2.9	75.0	2.7	80.1	3.3
	Medicare and private	77.9	1.4	74.4	2.5	76.7	2.3	80.3	2.0
	Medicare and other public	78.1	2.3	77.4	2.8	77.1	5.0	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	80.4	0.6	78.7	1.1	78.9	1.0	81.7	0.7
	Large central metro	79.7	0.8	76.2	1.7	78.5	1.8	81.5	1.0
	Large fringe metro	79.9	1.1	77.6	2.5	77.1	2.0	81.7	1.2
	Medium metro	81.7	1.2	82.1	1.6	81.1	1.6	81.9	1.6
	Small metro	80.9	1.9	81.9	3.3	78.7	2.8	81.9	2.0
	Nonmetropolitan	79.7	1.5	78.9	1.8	78.4	2.4	81.2	1.7
	Micropolitan	79.2	1.7	78.6	2.1	77.7	2.8	80.7	2.2
	Noncore	80.6	3.3	79.3	3.6	79.7	4.5	82.3	3.8
Language spoken most often at home	English	80.4	0.6	78.2	1.0	78.9	0.9	81.9	0.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	78.8	1.6	81.0	1.9	76.8	3.3	77.4	2.6
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	80.1	0.6	78.7	1.1	78.4	1.0	81.4	0.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	81.1	0.9	78.9	1.6	80.6	1.5	83.6	1.4
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	79.2	1.1	76.8	1.6	78.3	1.6	82.0	1.5
	Complex activities	81.0	1.2	78.8	1.8	80.9	1.8	83.1	2.1
	Neither basic nor complex activities	80.4	0.6	79.4	1.1	78.6	1.1	81.6	0.7

^a People 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, 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.

DSU - 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 March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 12_4_1-2d: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/12_patientsafety/T12_4_1-2d.html