Table 16_4_1-1d

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_4_1.1d
People unable to get or delayed in getting needed medical care, dental care, or prescription medicines, 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		13.6	0.4	15.9	0.7	14.5	0.6	12.2	0.5
Age	18–44	13.5	0.5	14.9	1.0	15.2	0.9	12.0	0.6
	45–64	15.2	0.5	21.5	1.4	15.4	0.8	13.4	0.7
	65 and over	10.6	0.8	11.7	1.2	11.1	1.1	9.5	1.0
Gender	Male	11.8	0.4	14.9	1.0	12.4	0.7	10.3	0.6
Gender	Female	15.3	0.5	16.8	0.9	16.5	0.9	14.0	0.7
Race	White, single race	13.4	0.4	15.7	0.8	14.1	0.7	12.1	0.5
	Black, single race	15.4	0.8	15.5	1.3	14.6	1.2	16.0	1.5
	Asian, single race	7.7	1.1	10.9	3.0	12.5	2.8	6.0	1.2
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	19.7	4.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	26.1	3.1	DSU	DSU	34.2	5.6	18.7	3.8
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	13.9	0.4	18.1	1.0	14.8	0.7	12.2	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	13.7	0.5	18.8	1.1	14.5	0.8	12.0	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	15.4	0.8	15.7	1.3	14.6	1.2	15.9	1.5
	Hispanic, all races	11.9	0.8	11.0	1.0	12.4	1.3	13.0	1.6
Family income^b	Negative/poor	21.2	1.0	20.6	1.5	20.8	1.8	22.6	2.1
	Near poor/low	17.8	0.9	16.9	1.3	18.0	1.4	18.7	1.6
	Middle	14.9	0.7	14.1	1.2	15.7	1.0	14.5	0.9
	High	9.1	0.5	10.4	1.7	9.0	0.8	9.0	0.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	13.2	0.5	15.9	1.1	14.0	0.7	12.0	0.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	18.4	0.9	19.5	1.3	20.2	1.4	16.1	1.3
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	11.5	0.4	11.5	1.0	12.0	0.7	11.2	0.5
	Public only	23.2	1.3	20.8	1.7	23.6	2.0	27.1	2.9
	Uninsured	21.1	1.0	22.0	1.6	21.9	1.4	19.0	1.6
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	10.5	1.2	10.9	1.8	10.2	1.8	10.5	2.3
	Medicare and private	9.9	1.0	11.1	2.1	11.3	1.4	8.3	1.1
	Medicare and other public	14.1	1.7	13.6	2.0	12.3	3.4	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	13.3	0.5	15.6	0.9	14.4	0.7	12.0	0.5
	Large central metro	12.8	0.5	15.0	1.1	14.1	0.8	11.4	0.7
	Large fringe metro	13.2	0.8	15.0	1.6	14.7	1.2	12.0	0.9
	Medium metro	14.7	1.2	17.0	2.1	15.7	1.8	13.2	1.3
	Small metro	12.2	1.3	16.4	2.7	11.6	1.8	11.0	1.4
	Nonmetropolitan	14.9	0.9	16.8	1.4	15.0	1.4	13.9	1.2
	Micropolitan	15.1	1.0	16.4	1.7	16.1	1.7	13.5	1.3
	Noncore	14.7	1.5	17.5	2.2	12.7	2.0	14.7	2.2
Language spoken most often at home	English	14.1	0.5	17.9	0.9	14.7	0.7	12.6	0.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	10.0	0.9	10.3	1.1	12.5	1.6	7.6	1.3
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	11.6	0.4	12.6	0.8	12.5	0.6	10.8	0.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	27.4	1.0	26.6	1.4	26.9	1.6	28.6	1.9
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	25.2	0.9	26.0	1.7	24.4	1.5	25.5	1.5
	Complex activities	30.0	1.3	29.6	2.2	28.3	1.9	32.4	2.4
	Neither basic nor complex activities	11.5	0.4	12.9	0.8	12.4	0.6	10.6	0.5

^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_4_1-1d: 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_4_1-1d.html