Table 16_3_3-1d

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_3.1d
People with a usual primary care provider, by education,^a United States, 2006
		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		73.7	0.6	67.4	1.0	74.0	0.7	75.9	0.7
Age	18–44	63.4	0.8	55.0	1.5	62.3	1.1	67.0	0.9
	45–64	80.8	0.7	71.6	1.6	81.2	1.1	82.9	0.9
	65 and over	91.2	0.7	90.0	1.1	90.8	1.1	92.4	1.1
Gender	Male	68.4	0.8	60.2	1.4	67.5	1.1	72.0	0.9
Gender	Female	78.7	0.6	74.7	1.0	80.1	0.8	79.3	0.7
Race	White, single race	75.1	0.7	66.7	1.2	75.8	0.8	77.6	0.7
	Black, single race	70.0	1.1	71.8	1.8	66.5	1.8	72.1	1.5
	Asian, single race	60.4	2.5	69.4	4.6	63.5	4.7	58.1	3.0
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	78.3	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	65.6	3.1	DSU	DSU	61.6	5.6	72.2	4.9
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	76.4	0.6	74.8	1.1	76.4	0.8	76.8	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	78.6	0.6	76.6	1.3	78.9	0.9	78.9	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	70.1	1.1	72.0	1.9	66.5	1.8	72.3	1.5
	Hispanic, all races	56.3	1.1	51.4	1.4	56.9	1.9	63.2	2.1
Family income^b	Negative/poor	64.5	1.3	62.8	1.8	66.7	1.8	64.4	2.5
	Near poor/low	67.3	1.1	63.9	1.6	69.8	1.4	67.8	1.8
	Middle	72.7	0.9	68.2	1.7	72.9	1.1	74.5	1.2
	High	79.4	0.8	79.6	2.5	80.4	1.2	79.1	0.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	69.9	0.7	56.9	1.5	69.3	1.0	73.5	0.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	72.4	1.0	67.7	1.5	74.7	1.3	74.1	1.6
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	76.5	0.7	73.1	1.8	77.6	0.9	76.6	0.8
	Public only	74.2	1.2	70.8	1.7	77.3	1.7	75.4	2.9
	Uninsured	42.1	1.2	37.6	1.7	42.8	1.8	46.3	2.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	89.4	1.3	87.2	1.9	91.1	2.0	89.7	2.2
	Medicare and private	92.7	0.8	93.9	1.5	91.2	1.4	93.4	1.2
	Medicare and other public	90.0	1.3	88.8	1.9	89.8	3.2	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	72.8	0.7	65.3	1.1	73.1	0.8	75.1	0.8
	Large central metro	68.1	1.0	61.1	1.5	68.3	1.2	70.9	1.3
	Large fringe metro	74.3	1.1	66.5	2.4	74.6	1.6	76.2	1.3
	Medium metro	77.5	1.2	72.3	1.8	76.9	1.6	79.7	1.3
	Small metro	73.0	2.3	63.5	3.6	73.9	3.1	75.9	2.4
	Nonmetropolitan	78.5	1.1	75.6	2.3	77.9	1.4	80.7	1.5
	Micropolitan	76.4	1.5	71.9	3.0	76.1	1.8	79.1	2.0
	Noncore	82.7	2.0	81.9	3.0	81.6	2.9	84.2	2.8
Language spoken most often at home	English	76.4	0.6	74.2	1.1	75.9	0.8	77.3	0.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	52.0	1.4	49.2	1.7	53.1	2.3	55.4	2.8
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	72.4	0.7	63.6	1.2	72.5	0.8	75.0	0.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	83.0	0.7	80.2	1.2	83.6	1.1	85.1	1.5
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	86.6	0.7	86.2	1.2	87.6	1.3	86.0	1.4
	Complex activities	86.0	0.9	85.8	1.6	86.4	1.5	85.8	1.6
	Neither basic nor complex activities	71.7	0.7	62.0	1.2	71.6	0.9	74.8	0.7

^a People age 18 and over. 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.

^b 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.

^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_3-1d: 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_3-1d.html