Table 16_3_2-2b

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_2.2b
People with a specific source of ongoing care,^a by ethnicity, United States, 2007
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		86.4	0.3	88.1	0.3	88.5	0.4	86.3	0.6	77.4	0.8
Age, not age adjusted	0–17	94.0	0.3	95.2	0.3	95.4	0.4	94.6	0.7	89.4	0.7
	18–44	76.9	0.6	79.9	0.6	80.4	0.7	77.5	1.3	63.5	1.3
	45–64	88.9	0.4	89.9	0.5	90.4	0.5	87.1	1.3	79.3	1.6
	65 and over	96.0	0.4	96.3	0.3	96.5	0.4	95.4	0.9	91.9	2.0
Gender	Male	82.8	0.4	85.0	0.5	85.3	0.5	82.7	1.1	72.1	1.2
Gender	Female	89.8	0.3	91.1	0.3	91.5	0.4	89.4	0.8	82.9	0.8
Health insurance,^b ages 0–64	Private	91.9	0.3	92.1	0.3	92.1	0.4	92.3	0.8	90.4	0.8
	Public	90.7	0.7	91.1	0.8	89.9	1.2	92.0	1.1	89.5	1.2
	Uninsured	55.3	1.1	59.6	1.3	59.4	1.6	57.6	2.2	45.7	1.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	97.3	0.4	97.5	0.4	97.4	0.4	98.9	0.6	90.0	5.1
	Medicare and public	94.0	1.2	93.8	1.4	93.5	1.7	93.5	2.4	95.1	2.2
	Medicare only	95.4	0.6	95.6	0.6	95.7	0.7	94.5	1.5	94.1	1.9
Family income^c	Negative/poor	79.5	0.9	83.0	0.9	83.3	1.2	82.3	1.3	69.3	1.9
	Near poor/low	79.8	0.7	82.2	0.8	81.7	1.1	83.3	1.5	73.3	1.4
	Middle	86.3	0.5	87.3	0.6	87.6	0.7	86.3	1.3	80.4	1.3
	High	92.3	0.4	92.6	0.4	92.5	0.4	93.1	1.1	87.9	1.5
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	75.3	1.0	80.8	1.3	81.2	1.6	80.8	2.3	67.8	1.6
	High school graduate	83.7	0.7	84.8	0.7	84.8	0.9	84.7	1.4	77.4	1.8
	At least some college	88.9	0.4	89.4	0.4	89.9	0.4	88.1	1.0	82.8	1.5
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	86.3	0.3	88.1	0.3	88.5	0.4	86.9	0.7	78.0	0.8
	Large central metro	84.8	0.5	87.3	0.5	87.3	0.8	87.6	0.9	78.2	1.0
	Large fringe metro	89.1	0.5	90.3	0.5	90.8	0.6	88.1	1.3	80.3	1.9
	Medium metro	85.8	0.6	87.5	0.6	88.0	0.7	85.1	1.5	76.2	1.7
	Small metro	85.2	1.1	86.3	1.2	86.7	1.2	84.0	2.6	77.1	2.9
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	86.4	1.1	87.9	1.0	88.8	1.1	79.6	2.4	70.4	3.8
	Noncore (nonmetro)	87.5	1.4	88.6	1.5	88.4	1.6	84.2	3.8	74.9	6.2
Activity limitations,^d age 18 and over	Basic activities	88.4	1.3	88.5	1.5	88.8	1.9	86.4	2.8	87.4	2.1
	Complex activities	85.0	1.3	85.2	1.4	84.7	1.8	87.9	2.0	83.4	3.0
	No activity limitations	83.5	0.4	85.6	0.4	86.2	0.5	82.7	1.0	71.7	1.0

^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 the National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

Key: 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_2-2b: 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_2-2b.html