Table 16_3_6-4d

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_6.4d
People unable to get or delayed in getting needed 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		68.0	1.8	75.1	3.0	71.8	2.9	61.3	3.0
Age	18–44	74.8	2.7	88.5	3.2	82.5	3.9	61.9	4.4
	45–64	68.5	2.6	77.9	4.3	66.3	4.9	64.9	4.0
	65 and over	48.9	4.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	64.3	2.7	76.7	4.3	69.0	4.7	52.8	4.7
Gender	Female	70.3	2.1	73.9	4.0	73.4	3.3	66.1	3.7
Race	White, single race	67.0	2.2	75.0	3.5	72.0	3.3	59.3	3.3
	Black, single race	75.4	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	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	67.0	1.9	73.7	3.4	70.6	3.1	60.9	3.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	65.8	2.3	72.9	4.0	70.7	3.6	59.0	3.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	75.3	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Hispanic, all races	78.5	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Family income^b	Negative/poor	78.0	3.0	74.9	4.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	77.6	3.1	75.3	5.3	81.5	4.7	DSU	DSU
	Middle	67.5	3.1	DSU	DSU	69.4	4.8	63.7	5.1
	High	51.4	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	47.1	5.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	70.1	2.5	87.5	3.7	76.0	3.8	60.2	3.7
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	75.4	2.8	77.2	4.2	74.4	4.6	74.8	4.8
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	64.6	2.8	DSU	DSU	71.9	4.3	58.3	3.9
	Public only	76.2	3.6	74.4	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	84.1	3.1	91.3	3.3	83.1	5.4	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	67.5	2.0	74.3	3.4	72.8	3.2	60.3	3.3
	Large central metro	65.6	3.1	70.1	6.1	DSU	DSU	58.3	5.3
	Large fringe metro	65.9	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	66.3	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	80.5	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	70.4	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	68.1	5.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	74.4	5.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	67.5	1.9	74.1	3.3	71.3	2.9	61.4	3.1
Language spoken most often at home	Other	78.2	5.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	64.0	2.4	68.1	4.8	68.3	3.9	59.3	3.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	75.9	2.6	82.1	3.2	79.0	3.7	66.6	5.4
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	69.6	2.6	70.0	4.6	70.3	5.6	68.6	4.8
	Complex activities	77.8	2.9	76.5	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	66.5	2.6	79.7	3.9	72.6	3.7	57.6	3.7

^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_6-4d: 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_6-4d.html