Table 13_1_1-3c

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 13_1_1.3c
Adults who had an appointment for routine health care in the last 12 months who always got appointments as soon as wanted, by family income,^a United States, 2006
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		48.5	0.6	46.5	1.5	50.1	1.4	47.1	1.1	49.2	1.0
Age	18–44	44.9	1.0	41.5	2.0	44.6	2.1	43.7	1.6	46.6	1.5
	45–64	47.2	0.8	43.9	2.8	45.9	2.2	46.2	1.8	48.2	1.1
	65 and over	58.5	1.2	63.6	3.0	60.5	2.3	56.2	2.3	58.1	2.2
Gender	Male	49.6	0.9	48.0	2.5	48.2	2.1	46.4	1.6	52.0	1.3
Gender	Female	47.6	0.7	45.7	1.6	51.1	1.6	47.5	1.2	46.9	1.2
Race	White, single race	49.0	0.6	47.4	1.8	50.5	1.5	47.3	1.1	49.9	1.0
	Black, single race	50.1	1.6	45.4	2.6	53.5	3.2	50.1	3.0	50.9	3.1
	Asian, single race	35.1	3.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	32.6	4.5	36.4	4.6
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	50.5	6.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	38.2	4.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	48.9	0.6	47.0	1.7	51.6	1.5	48.0	1.2	49.1	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	49.7	0.6	48.1	2.1	52.5	1.7	48.6	1.3	49.8	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	50.1	1.6	45.7	2.7	53.7	3.2	50.1	3.0	50.3	3.0
	Hispanic, all races	43.9	1.5	43.9	3.0	41.3	2.8	39.5	2.7	52.4	3.4
Education^b	Less than high school	50.7	1.2	49.7	2.2	51.2	2.3	48.7	2.5	54.9	3.1
	High school graduate	51.3	1.0	47.9	2.6	50.4	2.3	51.3	1.8	52.6	1.8
	At least some college	46.6	0.8	41.7	2.9	49.2	2.4	43.8	1.5	47.8	1.1
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	45.7	0.7	39.0	2.7	45.0	2.0	44.2	1.5	47.3	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	46.7	1.2	44.8	2.1	45.4	2.6	47.0	2.7	49.0	2.4
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	46.7	0.7	45.6	3.5	47.5	2.1	44.9	1.3	47.5	1.0
	Public only	42.8	1.6	43.0	2.1	42.9	2.9	37.9	3.9	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	42.7	2.1	36.1	3.4	41.0	4.1	46.8	3.9	44.4	5.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	60.5	2.2	61.2	5.8	58.1	3.6	56.3	3.9	67.7	4.4
	Medicare and private	57.9	1.6	DSU	DSU	62.2	3.5	56.3	2.9	56.4	2.4
	Medicare and other public	58.2	3.5	63.4	4.6	61.5	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	48.0	0.6	46.3	1.7	48.9	1.6	45.9	1.2	49.2	1.0
	Large central metro	46.7	1.0	45.4	2.5	48.3	2.5	41.0	1.8	49.9	1.9
	Large fringe metro	47.9	1.1	48.0	3.8	51.2	3.2	47.9	2.4	47.2	1.7
	Medium metro	49.8	1.1	48.4	2.5	45.0	3.2	48.6	2.1	52.5	1.8
	Small metro	47.8	2.3	41.7	5.1	54.5	4.5	48.9	3.2	45.6	3.8
	Nonmetropolitan	50.9	1.4	47.0	3.3	54.7	2.9	52.0	2.7	49.2	2.3
	Micropolitan	50.3	1.8	49.6	4.0	58.4	3.8	48.8	3.2	48.7	2.8
	Noncore	52.0	2.1	41.3	5.3	50.0	4.1	57.1	4.1	50.7	4.2
Language spoken most often at home	English	49.2	0.6	46.1	1.6	51.6	1.5	48.0	1.1	49.8	1.0
Language spoken most often at home	Other	38.7	2.0	48.6	3.6	40.3	3.4	35.9	2.8	34.1	4.6
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	49.2	0.6	46.5	2.0	51.2	1.7	47.8	1.1	49.9	1.0
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	44.6	1.3	46.4	2.3	47.1	2.0	43.0	2.6	42.5	2.5
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	48.3	1.3	47.5	2.4	51.2	2.4	48.6	2.5	46.0	2.5
	Complex activities	45.3	1.5	41.1	2.7	49.0	2.6	48.3	3.3	41.9	3.2
	Neither basic nor complex activities	48.6	0.6	47.1	1.9	49.8	1.6	46.8	1.2	49.6	1.0

^a 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.

^b 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.

^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 13_1_1-3c: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/13_timeliness/T13_1_1-3c.html