Table 13_1_3-4c

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_3.4c
Adults who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months who usually 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		25.6	0.6	23.6	1.7	26.4	1.5	27.0	1.3	24.8	1.1
Age	18–44	25.6	1.1	23.5	2.3	29.3	2.4	28.1	1.8	22.4	1.9
	45–64	27.7	1.1	25.6	2.7	26.7	2.8	29.2	2.2	27.6	1.8
	65 and over	21.9	1.6	19.4	3.3	21.8	2.7	20.0	2.9	24.2	2.7
Gender	Male	26.8	1.1	23.5	3.1	28.7	2.6	27.8	2.0	26.0	1.7
Gender	Female	24.7	0.8	23.6	1.9	24.8	1.9	26.4	1.6	23.7	1.5
Race	White, single race	25.2	0.7	24.8	2.1	25.3	1.7	26.8	1.4	24.0	1.2
	Black, single race	25.5	1.8	17.6	2.7	27.3	3.3	26.6	3.9	29.4	3.9
	Asian, single race	33.1	4.4	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	31.8	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	25.0	0.7	21.6	1.9	24.6	1.7	26.8	1.4	24.9	1.2
	Non-Hispanic, White	24.3	0.8	22.7	2.5	22.9	1.9	26.2	1.6	23.9	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, Black	25.7	1.8	17.0	2.7	27.5	3.3	27.8	4.0	29.6	4.0
	Hispanic, all races	30.4	1.8	33.1	3.9	35.8	3.2	28.5	3.3	23.7	4.2
Education^b	Less than high school	28.1	1.5	24.8	2.4	27.6	2.3	29.8	2.9	30.9	4.4
	High school graduate	25.7	1.3	23.7	2.7	25.6	2.5	26.1	2.1	26.1	2.5
	At least some college	24.5	1.1	20.6	3.5	25.9	3.0	26.5	2.2	23.6	1.4
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	26.8	0.9	23.9	2.9	27.8	2.4	28.8	1.7	25.5	1.4
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	25.4	1.5	24.5	2.2	29.3	3.0	27.4	2.9	20.6	2.9
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	26.4	0.9	22.6	3.9	29.6	3.0	27.6	1.8	25.3	1.3
	Public only	27.1	2.0	23.4	2.4	32.3	3.3	32.3	5.0	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	26.3	2.3	27.5	3.5	21.8	3.1	31.9	4.5	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	21.1	3.0	DSU	DSU	22.1	4.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	21.4	2.1	DSU	DSU	20.1	4.1	18.8	3.3	23.9	3.0
	Medicare and other public	24.4	3.6	20.1	5.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	25.6	0.7	23.4	2.0	27.5	1.7	27.3	1.5	24.2	1.2
	Large central metro	27.6	1.4	24.6	3.4	29.3	2.7	31.4	2.7	24.8	2.1
	Large fringe metro	21.4	1.4	19.0	4.1	20.9	3.5	24.0	2.8	20.6	2.0
	Medium metro	28.3	1.3	24.7	3.4	33.4	3.4	28.2	2.9	26.8	2.4
	Small metro	23.7	2.2	DSU	DSU	19.9	5.1	19.7	2.8	29.5	3.9
	Nonmetropolitan	25.6	1.2	24.2	3.1	22.5	3.4	25.7	2.4	28.6	2.7
	Micropolitan	24.7	1.6	27.7	4.1	16.3	3.4	27.4	3.2	25.6	3.5
	Noncore	27.7	2.1	DSU	DSU	31.8	5.8	22.3	3.8	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	25.0	0.7	21.5	1.8	24.7	1.6	26.9	1.4	24.6	1.2
Language spoken most often at home	Other	33.6	2.3	38.3	4.8	39.0	3.6	27.9	3.7	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	24.6	0.7	24.0	2.3	26.7	1.9	25.6	1.5	23.2	1.2
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	28.9	1.4	23.0	2.4	25.8	2.2	32.3	2.6	33.8	3.0
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	26.1	1.4	20.6	2.4	27.5	2.4	25.2	2.5	29.6	2.9
	Complex activities	27.0	1.9	23.7	2.6	24.8	2.8	27.7	3.8	33.1	4.8
	Neither basic nor complex activities	25.6	0.8	24.4	2.2	26.6	1.9	27.4	1.5	24.2	1.3

^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_3-4c: 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_3-4c.html