Table 16_4_1-1c

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_4_1.1c
People unable to get or delayed in getting needed medical care, dental care, or prescription medicines, 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		11.7	0.4	15.4	0.8	14.6	0.8	12.8	0.7	8.2	0.5
Age	0–17	6.0	0.4	5.1	0.7	7.2	1.0	7.2	0.9	4.4	0.7
	18–44	13.5	0.5	18.9	1.3	17.2	1.2	14.8	0.9	8.6	0.7
	45–64	15.2	0.5	30.8	1.7	23.3	1.4	17.0	1.1	9.9	0.7
	65 and over	10.5	0.8	12.4	1.5	13.2	1.6	10.3	1.3	8.3	1.0
Gender	Male	10.2	0.4	13.1	1.0	13.1	0.9	11.6	0.7	7.1	0.5
Gender	Female	13.1	0.4	17.1	1.0	15.9	0.9	14.0	0.8	9.4	0.6
Race	White, single race	11.7	0.4	16.3	1.0	15.0	0.9	12.8	0.7	8.3	0.5
	Black, single race	12.2	0.7	13.5	1.2	13.6	1.6	12.5	1.2	8.7	1.2
	Asian, single race	6.4	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	9.3	2.1	4.4	1.3
	NHOPI, single race	19.7	5.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	16.6	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	17.2	2.2	20.1	4.8	18.0	4.4	17.3	3.9	14.8	3.4
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	12.1	0.4	17.3	1.0	16.6	1.0	13.1	0.7	8.4	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	12.3	0.4	20.2	1.3	18.0	1.2	13.1	0.8	8.5	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	12.2	0.7	13.4	1.2	13.4	1.6	12.7	1.2	8.7	1.2
	Hispanic, all races	9.3	0.6	9.8	1.0	8.8	0.8	11.2	1.2	5.7	1.1
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	15.9	0.7	20.6	1.5	16.9	1.3	14.1	1.2	10.4	1.7
	High school graduate	14.5	0.6	20.8	1.8	18.0	1.4	15.7	1.0	9.0	0.8
	At least some college	12.2	0.5	22.6	2.1	18.7	1.6	14.5	0.9	9.0	0.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	13.2	0.5	20.7	1.7	18.9	1.1	15.2	0.8	9.0	0.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	18.4	0.9	24.5	1.3	19.9	1.7	17.6	1.5	10.9	1.5
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	10.0	0.4	13.4	1.7	12.6	1.2	12.0	0.7	7.9	0.5
	Public only	13.1	0.8	13.1	1.0	13.0	1.3	12.8	1.7	16.8	3.6
	Uninsured	19.5	1.0	23.7	2.0	21.3	1.4	18.9	1.9	11.7	1.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	10.4	1.2	11.1	2.5	15.7	2.4	8.8	2.4	5.7	1.6
	Medicare and private	9.9	0.9	DSU	DSU	11.0	2.1	11.0	1.6	8.8	1.3
	Medicare and other public	13.7	1.6	17.8	2.5	12.8	3.1	10.7	3.0	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	11.4	0.4	15.3	0.9	14.4	0.9	12.9	0.8	7.9	0.5
	Large central metro	10.8	0.5	12.9	1.1	12.7	1.1	12.4	1.0	7.7	0.6
	Large fringe metro	11.3	0.7	16.0	2.5	17.0	2.0	13.1	1.4	8.1	0.9
	Medium metro	12.6	1.0	19.0	2.1	15.4	1.8	13.7	1.7	8.1	1.1
	Small metro	11.1	1.3	14.2	2.6	12.8	2.8	12.1	2.0	7.9	1.3
	Nonmetropolitan	13.1	0.8	15.7	1.7	15.4	1.6	12.5	1.2	10.6	1.4
	Micropolitan	13.3	0.8	16.7	2.3	16.0	1.9	13.3	1.6	9.9	1.3
	Noncore	12.8	1.4	13.9	1.8	14.6	3.0	11.2	2.2	12.7	3.6
Language spoken most often at home	English	12.2	0.4	17.3	0.9	16.2	1.0	13.4	0.7	8.4	0.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	7.8	0.6	8.0	1.1	8.4	1.0	8.6	1.2	4.7	1.2
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	10.0	0.4	11.8	0.9	12.1	0.8	11.4	0.7	7.5	0.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	26.8	1.0	31.2	1.7	29.2	1.8	26.7	1.8	20.0	1.8
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	25.1	0.9	32.9	2.0	25.8	1.8	26.4	1.7	18.1	1.6
	Complex activities	29.8	1.3	35.1	2.1	31.8	2.5	30.2	2.5	20.8	2.6
	Neither basic nor complex activities	11.5	0.4	17.2	1.2	14.9	0.9	13.0	0.7	8.1	0.5

^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_4_1-1c: 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_4_1-1c.html