Table 16_3_1-1c

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 16_3_1.1c
People without a usual source of care who indicate a financial or insurance reason for not having a source of care, 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		17.0	0.8	27.5	2.0	24.2	1.8	14.8	1.2	8.2	1.1
Age	0–17	16.3	1.8	20.5	3.2	20.6	3.3	12.2	3.2	DSU	DSU
	18–44	18.0	0.9	27.8	2.2	27.5	2.0	15.8	1.4	8.2	1.3
	45–64	16.6	1.4	38.6	5.0	19.8	2.9	14.2	2.1	9.7	2.1
	65 and over	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	14.9	0.9	24.7	2.6	21.9	1.9	13.8	1.4	7.0	1.1
Gender	Female	20.0	1.1	30.3	2.2	27.1	2.3	16.6	1.8	10.2	1.7
Race	White, single race	18.1	0.9	32.1	2.5	25.5	2.0	15.9	1.4	8.8	1.3
	Black, single race	15.0	1.4	21.6	3.6	18.2	3.0	11.7	2.2	DSU	DSU
	Asian, single race	8.5	1.9	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	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	14.4	0.9	24.1	2.5	22.9	2.0	12.5	1.4	7.6	1.2
	Non-Hispanic, White	15.1	1.1	30.7	3.7	25.1	2.6	12.8	1.8	8.1	1.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	14.8	1.4	20.7	3.5	17.9	3.0	12.0	2.2	DSU	DSU
	Hispanic, all races	24.6	1.7	34.2	3.3	26.2	3.4	21.9	2.1	12.4	3.1
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	25.5	1.5	32.7	2.7	25.2	2.2	23.5	2.5	DSU	DSU
	High school graduate	18.0	1.3	29.3	3.7	23.9	2.7	15.1	2.0	10.4	2.1
	At least some college	12.0	0.9	23.8	3.9	25.4	3.3	10.4	1.5	6.9	1.1
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	16.6	0.9	32.2	2.8	25.8	2.0	14.5	1.4	8.6	1.2
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	22.4	1.5	26.8	2.6	25.7	2.7	20.8	3.3	9.4	2.8
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	7.5	0.7	10.9	2.7	14.3	2.2	7.7	1.2	4.6	0.8
	Public only	21.4	1.9	19.5	2.5	25.0	3.2	19.8	5.0	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	31.9	1.6	40.5	3.4	32.7	2.6	26.7	2.5	28.4	4.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	17.7	0.8	27.8	2.3	25.4	2.0	16.2	1.4	8.8	1.2
	Large central metro	20.6	1.2	29.5	2.9	28.3	2.6	16.8	1.7	14.0	2.4
	Large fringe metro	15.3	1.6	25.5	4.5	28.0	4.8	16.7	2.9	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	13.5	1.6	27.3	5.1	17.8	3.3	10.2	2.4	6.3	1.7
	Small metro	20.4	3.5	26.3	6.4	22.6	5.2	23.9	5.5	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	11.9	1.7	25.7	5.3	17.3	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	11.9	2.0	22.7	5.6	18.7	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	14.9	0.8	26.6	2.4	22.6	1.9	13.3	1.4	7.0	1.0
Language spoken most often at home	Other	24.1	1.9	29.5	3.7	27.6	3.2	19.9	2.4	18.7	5.2
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	15.6	0.8	26.1	2.1	22.2	1.8	13.7	1.3	7.8	1.1
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	35.0	2.7	38.3	4.4	47.1	5.0	29.7	4.1	DSU	DSU
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	29.1	3.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Complex activities	42.2	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	16.1	0.8	27.7	2.2	23.8	1.7	14.1	1.2	8.0	1.1

^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 16_3_1-1c: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/16_facilitators_barriers/T16_3_1-1c.html