Table 13_1_4-1

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_4.1
Children who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months who got care as soon as wanted, United States, 2006
				Appointment as soon as wanted
				Always		Usually		Sometimes or never
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^c	Percent with appointment	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		74,064	21.4	77.4	1.4	15.5	1.2	7.1	0.7
Age	0–5	24,713	25.0	75.7	2.2	17.3	2.1	7.0	1.0
Age	6–17	49,351	19.6	78.5	1.7	14.3	1.5	7.2	0.9
Gender	Male	37,729	22.7	76.8	1.8	15.5	1.6	7.8	1.0
Gender	Female	36,335	20.1	78.1	1.7	15.5	1.4	6.4	1.0
Race	White, single race	56,434	21.8	77.9	1.5	15.4	1.3	6.7	0.7
	Black, single race	11,006	21.2	73.3	2.9	17.8	2.6	8.9	1.7
	Asian, single race	DSU	11.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	26.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	58,997	22.4	78.2	1.4	14.6	1.2	7.2	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	42,300	23.3	79.4	1.6	14.1	1.4	6.5	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	10,740	20.9	72.8	3.0	18.1	2.7	9.1	1.8
	Hispanic, all races	15,067	17.7	73.6	3.0	19.7	3.0	6.7	1.2
Family income^a	Negative/poor	13,075	20.4	72.2	3.2	20.1	3.0	7.6	1.4
	Near poor/low	15,785	19.3	70.1	3.0	19.8	2.6	10.1	1.7
	Middle	23,937	22.2	82.0	1.8	10.6	1.5	7.4	1.3
	High	21,267	22.8	79.8	2.4	15.5	2.3	4.7	1.1
Health insurance	Any private	46,724	22.3	80.8	1.5	12.9	1.3	6.2	0.8
	Public only	22,708	21.0	69.6	2.6	20.7	2.3	9.7	1.3
	Uninsured	DSU	14.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	62,479	21.4	78.2	1.5	15.2	1.3	6.6	0.7
	Large central metro	22,476	21.0	75.7	2.2	16.2	1.9	8.1	1.3
	Large fringe metro	18,960	21.4	86.0	2.3	10.4	2.1	3.6	1.0
	Medium metro	14,720	21.9	74.0	4.0	17.2	3.5	8.9	1.5
	Small metro	6,324	21.3	73.3	4.4	21.6	4.0	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	11,585	21.7	73.1	3.2	17.1	2.7	9.8	2.1
	Micropolitan	7,566	22.3	71.4	4.0	18.5	3.3	10.2	2.6
	Noncore	DSU	20.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	63,041	22.8	78.9	1.3	14.3	1.1	6.7	0.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	10,976	13.4	62.2	4.7	27.0	4.6	10.8	2.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	72,526	20.8	77.6	1.4	15.3	1.2	7.1	0.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,538	52.4	72.8	5.1	19.3	4.9	7.9	2.3
CSHCN	Yes	14,597	34.4	75.1	2.1	17.0	1.6	7.9	1.3
CSHCN	No	58,809	18.0	78.7	1.7	14.7	1.6	6.7	0.8

^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.

^c Total child population. Numbers of subpopulation categories may not add to total due to missing values or rounding.

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_4-1: 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_4-1.html