Table 16_3_6-1d

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_6.1d
People unable to get or delayed in getting needed medical care, dental care, or prescription medicines due to financial or insurance reasons, 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		65.4	1.2	78.2	1.8	69.8	1.9	56.1	1.8
Age	18–44	70.0	1.4	85.8	2.1	79.2	2.5	56.6	2.4
	45–64	65.9	1.7	81.8	2.6	66.1	2.8	59.2	2.6
	65 and over	45.0	3.4	49.6	4.9	45.8	5.0	40.2	5.9
Gender	Male	64.7	1.5	80.1	2.6	69.7	2.6	52.3	2.5
Gender	Female	65.8	1.5	76.4	2.2	69.8	2.2	58.6	2.3
Race	White, single race	64.6	1.4	78.8	2.1	68.7	2.0	55.3	2.1
	Black, single race	69.7	2.4	77.4	4.2	77.2	4.0	59.3	4.0
	Asian, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	64.0	1.3	77.4	2.0	69.3	2.0	54.9	1.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	63.0	1.5	77.7	2.4	68.1	2.2	54.1	2.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	69.5	2.5	77.7	4.2	77.7	4.0	58.3	4.1
	Hispanic, all races	75.4	2.3	80.9	3.7	73.6	4.3	69.6	6.1
Family income^b	Negative/poor	81.0	1.9	81.5	2.6	84.6	3.0	76.4	3.8
	Near poor/low	77.9	1.9	79.9	3.1	78.8	2.9	75.0	3.2
	Middle	65.4	1.8	75.4	3.9	68.1	2.9	59.0	3.2
	High	46.2	2.6	DSU	DSU	50.3	4.0	41.8	3.1
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	66.5	1.5	85.0	2.1	74.1	2.4	55.9	1.9
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	73.5	2.0	82.8	2.5	72.1	3.2	66.4	3.7
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	56.7	1.6	72.9	4.4	64.9	2.9	50.0	2.3
	Public only	74.7	2.5	78.1	3.3	71.1	4.5	75.2	4.6
	Uninsured	91.5	1.3	95.3	1.3	90.7	2.5	87.9	2.6
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	48.3	5.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	40.9	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	65.1	1.3	77.6	2.0	70.9	2.1	55.6	2.0
	Large central metro	65.8	2.0	77.8	4.2	71.2	3.4	56.0	3.1
	Large fringe metro	62.4	2.4	72.9	4.5	73.8	3.3	51.8	3.6
	Medium metro	64.8	3.0	80.6	3.0	67.2	4.2	55.9	3.9
	Small metro	71.6	3.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	66.6	2.6	80.2	3.7	65.4	3.7	58.6	4.7
	Micropolitan	67.1	3.2	81.7	3.6	64.1	4.6	61.4	6.2
	Noncore	65.5	3.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	64.6	1.2	77.8	1.9	69.6	1.9	55.7	1.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	73.5	3.6	79.9	4.5	71.4	6.5	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	63.1	1.5	78.1	2.6	69.2	2.4	53.7	2.0
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	71.8	1.8	78.3	2.5	71.5	2.9	65.8	3.5
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	63.9	1.8	70.4	3.0	61.8	3.4	60.7	3.3
	Complex activities	71.4	2.2	75.2	3.6	68.8	4.0	70.9	3.3
	Neither basic nor complex activities	65.3	1.5	82.8	2.1	71.7	2.4	54.5	2.2

^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_6-1d: 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_6-1d.html