Table 16_3_2-1

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 16_3_2.1
People with a specific source of ongoing care,^a United States, 1999 and 2007
		2007		1999
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		86.4	0.3	86.4	0.2
Age, not age adjusted	0–17	94.0	0.3	93.3	0.3
	18–44	76.9	0.6	77.8	0.4
	45–64	88.9	0.4	88.7	0.4
	65 and over	96.0	0.4	94.9	0.3
Race	AI/AN only	81.0	3.8	83.3	3.0
	Asian only	87.6	0.9	82.1	1.5
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	85.9	0.6	85.5	0.5
	White only	86.4	0.3	87.1	0.2
	Multiple races	87.3	1.8	86.4	2.0
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	77.4	0.8	77.3	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, all races	88.1	0.3	87.7	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	86.3	0.6	85.6	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	88.5	0.4	88.4	0.2
Gender	Male	82.8	0.4	82.2	0.3
Gender	Female	89.8	0.3	90.5	0.2
Health insurance,^b ages 0–64	Private	91.9	0.3	90.5	0.2
	Public only	90.7	0.7	91.2	0.5
	Uninsured	55.3	1.1	57.9	0.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	97.3	0.4	95.8	0.4
	Medicare and public	94.0	1.2	94.0	1.2
	Medicare only	95.4	0.6	93.8	0.8
Family income^c	Negative/poor	79.5	0.9	77.7	0.7
	Near poor/low	79.8	0.7	80.3	0.6
	Middle	86.3	0.5	87.5	0.4
	High	92.3	0.4	91.0	0.3
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	75.3	1.0	77.4	0.7
	High school graduate	83.7	0.7	84.5	0.5
	At least some college	88.9	0.4	88.7	0.3
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	86.3	0.3	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	84.8	0.5	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	89.1	0.5	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	85.8	0.6	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	85.2	1.1	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	86.4	1.1	DNA	DNA
	Noncore (nonmetro)	87.5	1.4	DNA	DNA
Activity limitations,^d age 18 and over	Basic activities	88.4	1.3	DNA	DNA
	Complex activities	85.0	1.3	DNA	DNA
	No activity limitations	83.5	0.4	DNA	DNA

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.

^b A small number of people who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private" category only.

^c 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. Missing values for family income were imputed using multiple imputation methodology. A small number of people were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.

^d For more information, see National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

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: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 16_3_2-1: 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_2-1.html