Table 13_1_2-3c

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_2.3c
Children 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		70.2	1.0	65.0	2.0	69.8	1.8	71.8	1.6	71.4	1.7
Age	0–5	70.8	1.5	64.4	2.9	66.7	2.9	73.4	2.5	75.5	2.9
Age	6–17	69.7	1.2	65.6	2.3	71.8	2.1	70.9	1.9	69.2	2.1
Gender	Male	70.3	1.3	66.6	2.9	67.5	2.4	70.6	2.1	73.5	2.0
Gender	Female	70.0	1.1	63.3	2.2	72.1	2.2	73.0	1.8	69.4	2.3
Race	White, single race	70.7	1.1	63.6	2.4	70.7	2.0	72.4	1.8	71.8	1.9
	Black, single race	66.1	2.3	64.0	3.5	64.2	4.1	67.4	4.0	71.4	4.7
	Asian, single race	70.7	5.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	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	71.0	4.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	71.0	1.0	65.8	2.2	70.3	2.4	73.2	1.7	71.5	1.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	72.0	1.2	64.7	3.0	71.6	2.8	74.4	1.9	71.9	2.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	66.3	2.2	63.8	3.5	64.9	4.1	67.0	3.8	72.0	4.7
	Hispanic, all races	66.0	2.0	63.3	3.4	68.3	3.0	63.9	3.9	70.9	5.9
Health insurance	Any private	72.0	1.1	67.3	4.3	71.0	3.2	73.6	1.7	71.3	1.8
	Public only	66.6	1.7	64.9	2.3	69.8	2.4	64.2	4.0	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	66.3	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	69.8	1.1	63.4	2.5	68.0	2.1	70.7	1.7	72.7	1.7
	Large central metro	67.7	1.7	59.6	3.3	66.4	4.0	68.6	3.0	72.8	2.9
	Large fringe metro	73.9	1.9	61.6	4.7	78.7	3.3	75.1	3.1	74.4	2.7
	Medium metro	67.1	2.5	66.5	6.1	62.7	3.9	67.0	3.7	71.1	4.5
	Small metro	70.0	2.9	72.5	5.8	66.0	4.8	75.3	5.5	67.2	5.3
	Nonmetropolitan	72.2	2.2	71.0	3.2	77.6	3.8	77.3	3.5	58.7	6.3
	Micropolitan	71.3	2.9	67.6	3.9	79.5	4.4	74.0	4.9	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	73.8	3.0	76.6	5.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	70.9	1.0	66.3	2.1	69.4	2.1	73.5	1.6	71.3	1.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	64.1	2.6	59.9	4.1	71.1	3.4	54.8	5.3	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	70.3	1.0	65.0	2.1	70.2	1.9	71.9	1.6	71.5	1.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	64.1	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN	Yes	65.1	1.7	62.3	3.2	66.2	3.1	67.6	3.1	63.3	3.0
CSHCN	No	72.0	1.1	66.1	2.3	70.8	1.9	73.5	1.7	74.1	2.0

^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 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; 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_2-3c: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/13_timeliness/T13_1_2-3c.html