Table 16_3_6-1b

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_6.1b
People unable to get or delayed in getting needed medical care, dental care, or prescription medicines due to financial or insurance reasons, by ethnicity, United States, 2006
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		65.2	1.2	63.9	1.3	62.8	1.5	70.4	2.4	74.7	2.2
Age	0–17	63.7	3.1	62.6	3.4	61.0	4.0	DSU	DSU	70.3	5.9
	18–44	70.1	1.4	69.1	1.6	69.2	2.0	68.3	3.4	76.3	3.1
	45–64	66.0	1.7	65.0	1.8	64.4	2.1	75.1	3.5	74.0	5.0
	65 and over	45.0	3.4	42.7	3.6	39.4	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	64.6	1.5	62.9	1.6	61.6	1.9	70.7	3.1	75.6	3.3
Gender	Female	65.7	1.4	64.6	1.6	63.7	1.8	70.3	3.0	74.0	2.7
Family income^a	Negative/poor	78.9	2.0	78.8	2.2	80.7	2.9	73.5	3.9	79.2	3.8
	Near poor/low	78.1	1.9	77.8	2.0	76.5	2.4	86.4	2.4	79.8	4.1
	Middle	66.4	1.7	65.3	2.0	65.4	2.3	66.8	4.5	73.4	3.9
	High	44.8	2.5	44.3	2.6	43.5	2.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	78.2	1.8	77.4	2.0	77.7	2.4	77.7	4.2	80.9	3.7
	High school graduate	69.8	1.9	69.3	2.0	68.1	2.2	77.7	4.0	73.6	4.3
	At least some college	56.1	1.8	54.9	1.9	54.1	2.2	58.3	4.1	69.6	6.1
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	66.5	1.4	65.3	1.6	65.1	1.9	69.4	3.3	74.8	3.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	73.6	2.0	73.0	2.3	73.2	2.8	73.3	3.8	77.7	4.2
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	56.7	1.6	56.4	1.8	55.2	2.0	65.9	3.6	59.0	4.1
	Public only	73.5	2.5	73.8	2.8	76.7	3.5	68.0	4.8	72.2	4.8
	Uninsured	91.5	1.4	91.1	1.6	91.9	1.4	87.2	5.7	93.2	2.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	48.3	5.9	44.9	5.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	40.9	4.6	39.7	4.7	38.1	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	65.3	1.3	63.8	1.5	62.5	1.8	69.5	2.5	75.0	2.2
	Large central metro	66.4	1.9	63.6	2.4	59.9	3.5	71.5	3.0	75.6	3.3
	Large fringe metro	63.6	2.3	62.2	2.5	62.8	2.9	54.9	5.7	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	64.4	3.2	63.5	3.4	62.3	3.9	76.8	5.0	73.5	5.3
	Small metro	69.2	3.8	69.7	4.0	67.5	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	64.6	2.6	64.3	2.7	63.9	2.6	75.7	5.8	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	65.6	3.2	65.7	3.3	66.3	2.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	62.4	3.8	61.5	3.6	59.5	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	64.6	1.2	64.0	1.3	62.8	1.6	70.3	2.4	72.3	3.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	72.0	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	77.2	3.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	63.4	1.4	62.2	1.6	61.1	1.8	69.6	3.1	72.8	2.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	71.1	1.8	69.6	2.1	69.0	2.6	72.5	3.6	80.2	3.9
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	64.0	1.8	63.0	2.0	62.8	2.5	65.0	4.7	DSU	DSU
	Complex activities	71.4	2.2	71.2	2.3	70.7	2.8	71.3	4.5	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	65.4	1.5	63.8	1.7	62.7	1.9	70.2	3.2	75.6	2.7

^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: 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_6-1b: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/16_facilitators_barriers/T16_3_6-1b.html