Table 13_1_2-4c

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_2.4c
Children who had an appointment for routine health care in the last 12 months who usually 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		22.9	0.9	25.4	1.9	22.2	1.7	21.7	1.4	23.0	1.5
Age	0–5	22.5	1.4	25.1	2.8	25.3	2.6	21.5	2.3	20.1	2.6
Age	6–17	23.0	1.0	25.7	2.1	20.1	2.0	21.9	1.8	24.6	1.9
Gender	Male	22.5	1.1	23.4	2.6	25.0	2.2	22.9	2.0	20.3	1.7
Gender	Female	23.2	1.1	27.6	2.1	19.3	2.0	20.5	1.7	25.7	2.1
Race	White, single race	22.6	1.0	27.2	2.4	22.0	1.9	21.4	1.6	22.3	1.8
	Black, single race	26.0	2.0	25.6	3.2	24.4	3.5	29.4	3.7	24.2	4.2
	Asian, single race	23.8	4.7	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	18.9	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	22.2	1.0	23.7	2.1	22.4	2.2	20.6	1.5	23.0	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	21.7	1.1	24.4	3.1	22.5	2.6	19.9	1.7	22.3	1.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	25.8	2.0	25.8	3.2	23.5	3.5	29.6	3.6	23.7	4.2
	Hispanic, all races	25.8	1.9	29.5	3.4	21.6	2.6	27.9	3.8	23.1	5.5
Health insurance	Any private	22.3	1.1	23.2	4.0	22.3	2.9	21.4	1.6	23.0	1.5
	Public only	23.6	1.5	25.8	2.2	20.8	2.2	22.9	3.4	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	25.9	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	23.1	1.0	26.7	2.4	23.3	1.9	22.5	1.6	22.0	1.5
	Large central metro	24.5	1.6	29.1	3.0	23.6	3.8	25.1	2.7	21.5	2.8
	Large fringe metro	20.7	1.6	25.6	4.5	17.1	3.2	18.5	2.4	21.9	2.6
	Medium metro	25.3	2.2	25.3	5.8	27.7	3.6	25.8	3.5	22.9	3.5
	Small metro	21.1	2.6	22.8	5.3	24.0	4.3	DSU	DSU	22.3	3.7
	Nonmetropolitan	21.4	2.1	20.8	2.8	17.1	3.6	18.1	3.5	32.8	6.2
	Micropolitan	21.7	2.9	22.1	3.4	15.3	3.7	21.3	5.0	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	20.7	2.9	18.6	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	22.2	0.9	23.7	2.1	22.1	2.0	20.6	1.5	23.1	1.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	27.9	2.5	32.2	4.0	22.6	3.3	33.4	5.0	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	22.8	0.9	25.9	2.0	22.1	1.7	21.7	1.5	22.8	1.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	23.1	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN	Yes	26.8	1.6	25.6	2.7	24.8	3.1	25.4	2.8	29.9	2.9
CSHCN	No	21.5	1.0	25.1	2.3	21.5	1.7	20.3	1.6	20.8	1.7

^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_2-4c: 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_2-4c.html