Table 13_1_1-5c

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_1.5c
Adults who had an appointment for routine health care in the last 12 months who sometimes or never 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		15.1	0.5	20.9	1.3	15.6	0.9	16.2	0.8	13.2	0.6
Age	18–44	18.1	0.8	24.0	2.0	19.9	1.6	18.3	1.2	16.0	1.1
	45–64	15.1	0.6	23.6	2.2	17.6	1.6	16.3	1.4	13.0	0.8
	65 and over	8.7	0.7	8.7	1.4	8.3	1.3	11.1	1.6	6.9	0.9
Gender	Male	14.8	0.6	21.3	2.3	14.2	1.3	17.4	1.2	12.8	0.9
Gender	Female	15.3	0.6	20.7	1.4	16.3	1.2	15.3	1.0	13.5	0.9
Race	White, single race	13.7	0.5	17.3	1.4	14.1	1.0	15.0	0.8	12.3	0.6
	Black, single race	19.5	1.1	30.7	2.3	18.4	2.3	18.3	2.1	14.2	2.0
	Asian, single race	29.9	2.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	39.7	5.6	24.7	3.6
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	20.9	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	14.8	0.5	21.7	1.5	14.4	1.0	15.6	0.9	13.3	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	13.2	0.5	17.4	1.6	12.3	1.0	14.1	0.9	12.4	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	19.5	1.1	30.8	2.4	18.4	2.3	18.3	2.1	14.4	2.0
	Hispanic, all races	17.9	1.3	17.1	2.1	21.9	2.3	21.2	2.5	10.1	2.0
Education^b	Less than high school	14.0	0.9	17.9	1.9	15.2	1.4	13.4	1.6	8.6	2.0
	High school graduate	14.0	0.6	21.2	1.8	15.8	1.7	14.3	1.2	10.7	1.0
	At least some college	15.9	0.6	23.5	2.8	15.7	1.7	18.2	1.2	14.3	0.7
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	16.4	0.6	24.5	2.7	19.0	1.5	17.7	1.0	14.6	0.7
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	17.6	0.9	23.3	1.7	19.2	1.9	16.3	1.8	12.8	1.7
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	15.2	0.6	16.5	2.6	16.1	1.5	16.5	1.0	14.3	0.7
	Public only	23.6	1.5	24.1	2.1	22.4	2.3	28.6	3.6	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	22.8	1.7	34.4	3.9	23.2	2.5	18.8	3.0	17.3	4.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	9.6	1.4	DSU	DSU	13.3	3.0	10.4	2.9	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	7.7	0.8	DSU	DSU	4.6	1.4	11.1	1.9	6.7	1.1
	Medicare and other public	11.4	1.8	12.1	3.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	15.5	0.5	21.1	1.5	16.5	1.1	17.0	0.9	13.5	0.7
	Large central metro	17.0	0.7	23.0	2.2	18.9	1.9	19.5	1.6	13.7	1.1
	Large fringe metro	14.8	0.9	21.3	3.9	15.1	2.2	16.2	1.9	13.5	1.1
	Medium metro	14.9	1.1	18.8	2.2	16.0	2.3	16.4	1.7	12.7	1.4
	Small metro	14.4	1.2	19.7	3.9	13.7	1.9	13.1	1.6	14.7	2.1
	Nonmetropolitan	12.8	0.9	20.1	2.4	11.9	1.6	12.5	1.5	11.3	1.4
	Micropolitan	14.0	1.2	18.3	2.9	12.8	2.1	15.4	2.1	12.3	1.8
	Noncore	10.4	0.9	23.8	4.7	10.7	2.6	8.0	1.7	8.5	2.2
Language spoken most often at home	English	14.5	0.4	21.1	1.3	14.9	1.0	15.5	0.8	12.8	0.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	22.2	1.8	19.7	3.7	20.1	2.3	23.9	3.2	23.8	4.3
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	14.6	0.5	19.9	1.8	15.6	1.1	16.0	0.9	12.8	0.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	17.9	0.9	23.0	2.1	15.5	1.5	17.2	1.8	17.3	2.3
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	15.1	1.0	20.5	2.2	13.5	1.7	14.4	1.9	14.3	1.7
	Complex activities	18.1	1.2	23.8	2.5	15.2	1.9	15.8	3.0	18.1	2.6
	Neither basic nor complex activities	15.0	0.5	20.3	1.9	16.2	1.1	16.6	0.9	13.0	0.6

^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_1-5c: 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_1-5c.html