Table 13_1_1-4d

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_1.4d
Adults who had an appointment for routine health care in the last 12 months who usually got appointments as soon as wanted, 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		36.5	0.6	35.3	1.2	34.8	0.9	37.6	0.9
Age	18–44	37.0	1.0	37.0	1.9	34.9	1.7	37.8	1.3
	45–64	37.8	0.8	35.6	2.0	36.7	1.3	38.7	1.2
	65 and over	32.7	1.2	32.7	2.2	31.4	1.9	33.9	1.8
Gender	Male	35.6	0.8	35.3	1.8	33.4	1.3	36.8	1.1
Gender	Female	37.1	0.7	35.2	1.5	35.7	1.2	38.2	1.1
Race	White, single race	37.3	0.6	36.7	1.4	35.5	1.0	38.4	1.0
	Black, single race	30.2	1.4	26.8	2.7	28.4	2.4	32.8	2.0
	Asian, single race	34.6	3.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	34.6	3.9
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	30.4	5.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	41.0	3.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	36.3	0.6	34.4	1.4	34.1	1.0	37.7	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	37.1	0.7	36.3	1.7	34.7	1.1	38.5	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	30.2	1.4	26.3	2.7	28.5	2.4	32.9	2.0
	Hispanic, all races	38.5	1.7	38.1	2.2	41.8	3.3	36.5	2.9
Family income^b	Negative/poor	32.6	1.3	32.4	2.1	30.9	2.4	34.8	2.6
	Near poor/low	34.2	1.2	33.7	2.1	33.9	2.1	35.1	2.3
	Middle	36.8	1.0	38.0	2.3	34.4	1.7	38.1	1.5
	High	37.6	0.9	36.4	3.0	36.6	1.7	38.0	1.1
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	37.8	0.8	35.9	1.9	35.9	1.3	38.9	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	35.7	1.1	37.2	2.2	35.9	1.9	34.6	1.9
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	38.1	0.7	38.9	2.2	37.3	1.2	38.3	1.0
	Public only	33.5	1.4	32.8	2.3	32.3	2.3	36.0	3.3
	Uninsured	34.8	2.0	34.9	3.3	30.2	3.3	38.8	2.9
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	29.7	2.1	35.6	3.9	26.8	3.1	28.1	3.5
	Medicare and private	34.5	1.5	31.8	3.5	34.6	2.5	35.3	2.3
	Medicare and other public	29.7	3.0	29.1	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	36.5	0.6	35.6	1.3	34.8	1.0	37.4	1.0
	Large central metro	36.2	1.0	33.8	2.0	36.4	1.8	36.8	1.3
	Large fringe metro	37.2	1.2	37.0	2.7	34.1	2.3	38.5	1.7
	Medium metro	35.4	1.1	35.0	2.4	35.0	1.8	35.6	1.9
	Small metro	37.8	2.2	39.7	4.7	31.9	2.9	40.3	3.5
	Nonmetropolitan	36.4	1.2	34.0	2.3	34.5	1.7	38.8	2.1
	Micropolitan	35.8	1.4	32.5	2.9	35.1	2.2	37.5	2.7
	Noncore	37.6	1.9	36.3	3.8	33.3	2.6	41.5	3.0
Language spoken most often at home	English	36.2	0.6	34.5	1.3	34.3	0.9	37.6	0.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	39.2	2.0	38.3	2.6	44.1	4.1	37.7	3.0
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	36.2	0.6	34.5	1.5	34.1	1.0	37.5	0.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	37.6	1.2	37.0	1.8	37.5	2.2	38.1	2.3
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	36.6	1.3	34.9	1.9	35.0	2.2	39.1	2.1
	Complex activities	36.5	1.5	38.8	2.8	35.3	2.5	36.1	2.9
	Neither basic nor complex activities	36.4	0.6	35.5	1.5	34.6	1.1	37.4	0.9

^a 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 13_1_1-4d: 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_1-4d.html