Table 13_1_3-5c

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_3.5c
Adults who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months who sometimes or never 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		15.3	0.6	23.0	1.7	20.3	1.4	15.3	1.1	10.5	0.8
Age	18–44	19.0	0.9	26.6	2.7	25.8	2.3	18.0	1.7	13.6	1.4
	45–64	14.5	0.9	23.1	2.7	23.2	2.4	15.7	1.8	9.1	1.4
	65 and over	7.7	0.8	10.0	2.2	9.3	1.6	7.2	1.5	6.2	1.6
Gender	Male	15.6	0.9	25.7	3.0	19.9	2.0	16.0	1.8	11.3	1.2
Gender	Female	15.0	0.7	21.6	1.9	20.6	1.7	14.8	1.3	9.8	1.1
Race	White, single race	14.7	0.7	22.2	2.1	20.5	1.5	14.7	1.2	10.3	0.9
	Black, single race	16.5	1.1	25.0	3.0	18.8	3.0	15.7	2.5	8.1	2.0
	Asian, single race	21.3	3.3	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	19.8	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	14.6	0.6	23.5	2.0	19.9	1.5	14.3	1.2	10.2	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	13.8	0.7	23.0	2.5	19.6	1.8	13.5	1.4	10.0	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	16.5	1.1	24.5	3.1	19.3	3.0	16.0	2.6	8.1	2.0
	Hispanic, all races	20.6	1.6	20.9	2.9	22.5	2.5	22.1	2.9	15.2	4.3
Education^b	Less than high school	18.8	1.4	21.8	2.1	20.4	2.1	16.9	2.6	14.6	4.2
	High school graduate	14.8	1.0	21.7	2.7	18.8	2.3	14.0	1.7	9.8	1.5
	At least some college	14.0	0.8	25.2	4.0	21.3	2.6	15.7	1.8	10.3	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	16.3	0.8	28.5	3.4	25.9	2.3	16.5	1.4	11.3	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	19.4	1.3	23.1	2.2	22.5	2.8	19.6	2.9	11.6	2.5
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	13.0	0.8	17.6	3.5	21.2	2.4	14.2	1.3	10.0	1.0
	Public only	23.3	1.9	23.3	2.5	22.6	3.1	22.5	4.4	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	32.8	2.3	36.5	4.2	34.2	3.8	30.6	4.6	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	8.1	1.6	DSU	DSU	10.9	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	6.7	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	9.0	2.4	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	10.3	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	15.3	0.6	22.7	1.9	20.4	1.6	16.2	1.3	10.4	0.9
	Large central metro	16.8	1.1	22.3	2.8	20.2	2.4	18.3	2.1	12.3	1.8
	Large fringe metro	15.0	1.2	21.0	4.4	23.0	3.7	17.2	2.6	10.6	1.5
	Medium metro	14.5	1.3	22.3	3.6	18.7	3.2	15.0	2.3	9.4	2.1
	Small metro	13.2	1.9	DSU	DSU	20.3	4.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	15.1	1.3	24.4	3.4	20.0	2.8	11.6	2.0	10.8	2.6
	Micropolitan	14.2	1.6	19.7	3.3	21.8	3.8	12.1	2.5	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	17.0	1.9	DSU	DSU	17.4	3.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	14.5	0.6	23.6	1.8	19.5	1.5	14.3	1.1	10.1	0.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	23.7	2.1	19.0	3.1	25.5	3.7	25.3	3.4	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	14.0	0.7	19.9	2.3	20.3	1.7	14.9	1.3	9.8	0.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	19.5	1.1	27.2	2.4	20.3	2.2	16.8	2.2	14.6	2.5
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	15.9	1.1	25.1	2.9	13.8	2.0	14.7	2.3	12.9	2.2
	Complex activities	19.6	1.5	28.5	3.2	17.6	2.7	16.8	3.4	14.5	3.5
	Neither basic nor complex activities	14.7	0.6	20.9	2.2	22.9	1.7	15.4	1.3	9.9	0.9

^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_3-5c: 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_3-5c.html