Table 16_3_3-1c

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_3.1c
People with a usual primary care provider, 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		77.6	0.5	72.3	1.1	72.7	0.9	77.0	0.8	82.2	0.7
Age	0–17	89.5	0.6	86.5	1.2	85.6	1.2	89.6	1.0	94.2	0.7
	18–44	63.2	0.8	54.5	1.7	54.9	1.6	63.0	1.3	70.4	1.2
	45–64	80.8	0.7	71.8	2.1	70.6	1.7	80.4	1.3	84.7	0.9
	65 and over	91.1	0.6	89.6	1.5	90.1	1.2	91.9	1.0	91.6	1.2
Gender	Male	73.8	0.6	68.3	1.5	67.6	1.2	71.7	1.0	79.6	0.8
Gender	Female	81.3	0.6	75.4	1.1	77.1	1.0	82.3	0.8	84.9	0.8
Race	White, single race	78.7	0.6	73.0	1.3	72.4	1.1	78.5	0.9	82.9	0.8
	Black, single race	75.4	0.9	73.8	1.9	75.8	1.7	73.6	1.6	79.2	1.8
	Asian, single race	64.7	2.5	49.3	7.2	56.4	7.4	61.1	4.4	72.7	2.7
	NHOPI, single race	81.7	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	80.1	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	75.5	2.6	71.6	4.9	76.4	4.6	70.8	4.8	83.2	4.4
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	79.8	0.5	74.3	1.3	76.6	1.0	79.0	0.9	83.0	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	81.7	0.6	76.7	1.5	77.9	1.2	81.4	0.9	83.9	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	75.4	1.0	74.1	1.9	75.7	1.7	73.6	1.6	79.3	1.8
	Hispanic, all races	65.6	1.0	66.3	1.7	61.4	1.7	66.4	1.7	71.0	2.6
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	67.4	1.0	62.8	1.8	63.9	1.6	68.2	1.7	79.6	2.5
	High school graduate	74.0	0.7	66.7	1.8	69.8	1.4	72.9	1.1	80.4	1.2
	At least some college	75.9	0.7	64.4	2.5	67.8	1.8	74.5	1.2	79.1	0.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	69.8	0.7	53.8	1.9	57.1	1.4	68.3	1.1	76.8	0.9
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	72.4	1.0	65.7	1.7	67.5	1.8	74.0	1.9	82.7	1.6
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	80.6	0.6	71.7	2.6	75.9	1.3	80.1	0.9	82.7	0.8
	Public only	81.7	0.8	83.0	1.2	80.2	1.5	81.7	1.9	78.5	4.4
	Uninsured	45.4	1.2	40.6	1.9	42.7	1.8	46.8	2.1	53.8	3.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	89.3	1.3	89.4	2.6	86.9	2.2	92.2	1.8	89.0	2.7
	Medicare and private	92.7	0.8	92.3	2.8	92.5	1.6	93.3	1.3	92.4	1.4
	Medicare and other public	89.9	1.2	90.3	2.4	92.4	1.6	83.4	5.0	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	76.9	0.6	70.8	1.2	71.0	1.1	76.2	0.9	81.8	0.8
	Large central metro	72.9	0.9	69.2	1.8	68.3	1.6	71.4	1.3	77.9	1.3
	Large fringe metro	78.7	1.0	69.1	3.1	69.5	2.1	76.4	1.7	84.1	1.0
	Medium metro	80.5	1.0	74.1	2.2	76.7	2.1	81.4	1.5	83.7	1.4
	Small metro	77.1	2.0	72.7	4.4	70.4	3.6	78.5	2.6	81.5	3.2
	Nonmetropolitan	81.4	1.0	78.0	2.1	79.6	1.9	81.0	1.6	85.3	1.5
	Micropolitan	79.4	1.2	75.5	2.1	73.7	2.3	79.8	1.8	84.2	2.0
	Noncore	85.5	1.8	82.6	3.4	88.5	2.2	83.0	3.3	88.7	2.1
Language spoken most often at home	English	80.0	0.5	75.0	1.2	76.3	0.9	79.6	0.8	83.1	0.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	60.4	1.3	61.9	2.2	58.3	2.1	58.8	2.1	65.6	3.5
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	77.0	0.6	70.6	1.3	70.8	1.0	76.6	0.9	81.8	0.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	83.2	0.7	79.9	1.5	83.3	1.3	81.3	1.4	88.6	1.5
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	86.6	0.7	82.1	1.6	87.0	1.2	86.7	1.5	89.2	1.4
	Complex activities	86.1	0.9	82.8	1.7	87.7	1.5	85.9	2.2	88.0	2.1
	Neither basic nor complex activities	71.6	0.7	58.0	1.6	61.5	1.2	70.7	1.0	78.4	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 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_3-1c: 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_3-1c.html