Table 13_1_3-3c

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_3.3c
Adults who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months who always got care 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		59.1	0.8	53.4	2.1	53.3	1.7	57.7	1.5	64.7	1.2
Age	18–44	55.4	1.2	49.9	3.0	44.9	2.6	53.9	2.3	64.1	2.1
	45–64	57.8	1.3	51.3	3.4	50.1	3.0	55.1	2.3	63.3	2.0
	65 and over	70.4	1.7	70.6	3.5	69.0	2.9	72.8	3.1	69.6	2.9
Gender	Male	57.6	1.2	50.8	3.6	51.5	2.8	56.2	2.3	62.7	1.8
Gender	Female	60.3	1.0	54.8	2.4	54.6	2.0	58.9	1.9	66.5	1.7
Race	White, single race	60.2	0.8	53.0	2.6	54.2	1.9	58.5	1.7	65.8	1.3
	Black, single race	58.0	2.0	57.5	3.8	53.8	3.8	57.7	4.2	62.4	4.3
	Asian, single race	45.6	4.9	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	48.4	5.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	60.4	0.8	54.9	2.3	55.6	1.9	58.9	1.7	64.9	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	61.9	0.9	54.4	3.0	57.5	2.1	60.3	1.9	66.1	1.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	57.7	2.0	58.5	3.8	53.3	3.9	56.2	4.3	62.3	4.3
	Hispanic, all races	49.0	2.1	46.0	4.1	41.6	3.4	49.4	3.6	61.1	5.6
Education^b	Less than high school	53.1	1.6	53.5	2.8	52.0	2.6	53.3	3.6	54.5	5.1
	High school graduate	59.5	1.4	54.6	3.4	55.5	2.8	60.0	2.5	64.1	2.6
	At least some college	61.6	1.2	54.1	4.9	52.8	3.4	57.9	2.6	66.1	1.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	56.9	1.1	47.6	3.7	46.3	2.7	54.6	2.0	63.2	1.6
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	55.2	1.7	52.4	2.8	48.2	3.3	53.0	3.3	67.8	3.4
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	60.6	1.1	59.8	5.0	49.2	3.0	58.3	1.9	64.6	1.5
	Public only	49.6	2.1	53.3	3.0	45.1	3.2	45.3	4.8	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	41.0	2.3	36.0	3.8	44.0	3.9	37.5	4.6	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	70.8	3.1	DSU	DSU	67.0	4.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	71.9	2.2	DSU	DSU	71.4	4.8	72.2	3.9	71.5	3.4
	Medicare and other public	65.3	3.9	67.2	5.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	59.1	0.9	54.0	2.5	52.1	1.9	56.5	1.8	65.3	1.3
	Large central metro	55.6	1.5	53.1	4.0	50.5	3.0	50.3	2.9	63.0	2.4
	Large fringe metro	63.6	1.8	60.0	5.4	56.1	4.4	58.8	3.6	68.9	2.3
	Medium metro	57.2	1.5	52.9	4.5	47.9	3.7	56.8	3.1	63.8	2.9
	Small metro	63.1	2.4	DSU	DSU	59.8	6.1	70.0	3.7	64.2	3.5
	Nonmetropolitan	59.3	1.7	51.4	3.6	57.5	3.7	62.7	2.9	60.5	3.4
	Micropolitan	61.1	2.2	52.6	4.7	61.9	4.5	60.5	3.1	65.1	4.1
	Noncore	55.3	2.8	DSU	DSU	50.8	5.4	67.3	5.9	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	60.5	0.8	54.9	2.3	55.8	1.8	58.8	1.7	65.4	1.3
Language spoken most often at home	Other	42.7	2.2	42.8	4.4	35.5	3.9	46.8	4.1	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	61.4	0.9	56.1	2.9	53.0	2.2	59.4	1.8	67.0	1.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	51.7	1.4	49.8	2.9	53.9	2.5	50.9	2.9	51.6	2.7
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	58.0	1.4	54.4	3.3	58.7	2.5	60.2	2.8	57.5	3.1
	Complex activities	53.4	2.0	47.7	3.6	57.5	3.3	55.4	3.6	52.4	4.8
	Neither basic nor complex activities	59.7	0.9	54.7	2.7	50.5	2.2	57.3	1.8	65.9	1.4

^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_3-3c: 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_3-3c.html