Table 13_1_2-1

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_2.1
Children who had an appointment for routine health care in the last 12 months who got appointments as soon as wanted, United States, 2006
				Appointment as soon as wanted
				Always		Usually		Sometimes or never
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^c	Percent with appointment	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		74,064	68.5	70.2	1.0	22.9	0.9	7.0	0.4
Age	0–5	24,713	79.1	70.8	1.5	22.5	1.4	6.6	0.6
Age	6–17	49,351	63.2	69.7	1.2	23.0	1.0	7.2	0.6
Gender	Male	37,729	67.9	70.3	1.3	22.5	1.1	7.2	0.6
Gender	Female	36,335	69.1	70.0	1.1	23.2	1.1	6.8	0.5
Race	White, single race	56,434	69.9	70.7	1.1	22.6	1.0	6.7	0.5
	Black, single race	11,006	64.4	66.1	2.3	26.0	2.0	7.9	1.0
	Asian, single race	2,987	56.5	70.7	5.2	23.8	4.7	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	2,453	68.5	71.0	4.4	18.9	4.0	10.1	2.6
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	58,997	71.0	71.0	1.0	22.2	1.0	6.7	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	42,300	73.8	72.0	1.2	21.7	1.1	6.3	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	10,740	64.3	66.3	2.2	25.8	2.0	7.9	1.1
	Hispanic, all races	15,067	58.5	66.0	2.0	25.8	1.9	8.2	0.9
Family income^a	Negative/poor	13,075	64.6	65.0	2.0	25.4	1.9	9.5	1.0
	Near poor/low	15,785	60.7	69.8	1.8	22.2	1.7	8.0	0.8
	Middle	23,937	66.8	71.8	1.6	21.7	1.4	6.5	0.8
	High	21,267	78.6	71.4	1.7	23.0	1.5	5.6	0.7
Health insurance	Any private	46,724	72.4	72.0	1.1	22.3	1.1	5.7	0.5
	Public only	22,708	64.9	66.6	1.7	23.6	1.5	9.8	0.8
	Uninsured	4,633	46.4	66.3	4.0	25.9	3.7	7.9	2.0
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	62,479	68.9	69.8	1.1	23.1	1.0	7.1	0.5
	Large central metro	22,476	65.0	67.7	1.7	24.5	1.6	7.8	0.7
	Large fringe metro	18,960	71.9	73.9	1.9	20.7	1.6	5.4	0.9
	Medium metro	14,720	70.2	67.1	2.5	25.3	2.2	7.5	1.2
	Small metro	6,324	70.7	70.0	2.9	21.1	2.6	8.9	1.8
	Nonmetropolitan	11,585	66.3	72.2	2.2	21.4	2.1	6.4	1.0
	Micropolitan	7,566	66.6	71.3	2.9	21.7	2.9	6.9	1.2
	Noncore	4,019	65.8	73.8	3.0	20.7	2.9	5.4	1.5
Language spoken most often at home	English	63,041	71.1	70.9	1.0	22.2	0.9	6.9	0.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	10,976	53.4	64.1	2.6	27.9	2.5	8.0	1.0
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	72,526	68.2	70.3	1.0	22.8	0.9	6.8	0.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,538	84.0	64.1	4.5	23.1	4.0	12.7	3.1
CSHCN	Yes	14,597	86.7	65.1	1.7	26.8	1.6	8.1	0.9
CSHCN	No	58,809	63.8	72.0	1.1	21.5	1.0	6.5	0.5

^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 For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

^c Total child population. Numbers of subpopulation categories may not add to total due to missing values or rounding.

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; CSHCN: children with special health care needs; 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_2-1: 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_2-1.html