Table 13_1_4-4c

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_4.4c
Children 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		15.5	1.2	20.1	3.0	19.8	2.6	10.6	1.5	15.5	2.3
Age	0–5	17.3	2.1	18.7	4.3	25.3	4.3	10.6	2.8	16.7	3.4
Age	6–17	14.3	1.5	21.6	3.8	15.7	3.0	10.7	1.8	14.7	3.2
Gender	Male	15.5	1.6	20.9	4.1	20.5	3.5	12.4	2.2	12.3	2.9
Gender	Female	15.5	1.4	19.2	3.5	18.9	3.3	8.8	1.7	19.2	3.2
Race	White, single race	15.4	1.3	22.2	3.5	20.7	3.3	9.4	1.6	16.1	2.5
	Black, single race	17.8	2.6	DSU	DSU	19.3	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Asian, single race	DSU	DSU	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	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	14.6	1.2	17.4	3.2	19.1	3.0	10.0	1.6	15.7	2.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	14.1	1.4	18.3	4.0	19.7	4.2	7.8	1.6	16.5	2.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	18.1	2.7	DSU	DSU	18.4	4.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Hispanic, all races	19.7	3.0	27.0	5.1	22.1	4.8	14.1	3.8	DSU	DSU
Health insurance	Any private	12.9	1.3	DSU	DSU	13.0	3.7	10.5	1.7	15.6	2.4
	Public only	20.7	2.3	22.8	3.6	22.9	3.6	11.3	3.0	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	15.2	1.3	21.0	3.6	19.8	3.1	10.8	1.6	14.4	2.4
	Large central metro	16.2	1.9	25.6	4.8	DSU	DSU	11.1	2.5	16.2	3.8
	Large fringe metro	10.4	2.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	17.2	3.5	DSU	DSU	25.3	6.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	21.6	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	17.1	2.7	17.3	4.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	18.5	3.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	14.3	1.1	17.7	2.9	18.2	2.7	9.6	1.5	15.4	2.3
Language spoken most often at home	Other	27.0	4.6	31.3	6.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	15.3	1.2	19.7	3.2	19.2	2.7	11.1	1.6	15.1	2.3
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	19.3	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN	Yes	17.0	1.6	22.6	4.3	23.4	3.7	9.2	2.0	18.2	3.9
CSHCN	No	14.7	1.6	19.1	3.8	18.4	3.1	11.1	2.0	13.9	2.7

^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_4-4c: 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_4-4c.html