Table 16_4_5-1b

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_4_5.1b
People with a usual source of care, excluding hospital emergency rooms, who has office hours nights or weekends, 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		42.9	0.8	42.9	0.9	42.7	1.0	44.1	1.5	43.0	1.5
Age	0–17	53.9	1.2	56.1	1.4	57.7	1.6	53.0	2.5	44.5	1.9
	18–44	44.1	1.1	44.0	1.2	44.5	1.4	42.5	2.3	44.6	2.0
	45–64	37.3	1.0	37.1	1.0	36.7	1.2	38.0	1.8	39.5	2.6
	65 and over	27.1	1.3	26.6	1.3	25.9	1.4	29.2	2.9	33.6	4.3
Gender	Male	44.0	0.9	44.0	1.0	43.9	1.1	43.5	1.7	43.7	1.8
Gender	Female	42.0	0.9	42.0	0.9	41.6	1.1	44.6	1.6	42.3	1.7
Family income^a	Negative/poor	40.9	1.6	40.4	1.9	38.6	2.5	43.1	2.5	42.2	2.6
	Near poor/low	40.1	1.5	40.2	1.8	39.1	2.0	43.8	3.1	39.6	2.5
	Middle	43.0	1.2	42.5	1.3	42.4	1.4	42.5	2.7	45.8	2.4
	High	44.7	1.1	44.8	1.2	44.6	1.3	47.7	2.9	44.0	3.2
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	37.4	1.4	35.7	1.6	36.5	1.9	31.9	2.7	42.5	2.5
	High school graduate	38.4	1.1	38.2	1.2	37.9	1.4	37.9	1.7	40.5	3.1
	At least some college	38.5	1.0	38.3	1.0	37.6	1.1	43.9	2.4	41.4	2.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	41.8	0.9	41.6	1.0	41.8	1.2	41.6	1.8	43.7	1.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	37.5	1.3	37.0	1.4	35.8	1.6	37.6	2.6	40.5	2.5
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	46.9	0.9	46.9	1.0	47.1	1.0	47.0	2.2	47.0	2.1
	Public only	41.0	1.4	41.8	1.7	39.9	2.4	45.9	2.2	39.0	2.0
	Uninsured	40.6	1.8	39.9	2.2	40.0	2.7	35.0	3.5	42.6	2.9
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	29.1	2.0	29.2	2.1	28.0	2.2	31.9	4.1	26.4	6.0
	Medicare and private	25.8	1.6	25.1	1.6	24.8	1.7	26.9	4.2	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	28.9	2.6	28.5	3.0	27.1	4.2	29.3	4.5	30.0	4.8
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	45.4	0.9	45.7	1.0	45.6	1.1	45.8	1.5	44.3	1.4
	Large central metro	45.8	1.1	46.1	1.2	44.3	1.7	49.8	2.0	44.7	1.7
	Large fringe metro	52.0	1.5	52.3	1.5	52.9	1.6	47.8	4.2	49.5	3.6
	Medium metro	39.5	2.4	39.1	2.4	39.8	2.6	38.3	3.3	43.1	4.9
	Small metro	40.1	3.2	41.6	3.1	42.2	3.3	32.7	3.5	26.6	6.4
	Nonmetropolitan	31.2	2.0	31.5	2.0	31.8	2.1	31.6	4.8	25.2	5.1
	Micropolitan	31.1	2.1	31.2	2.1	30.0	2.1	47.3	4.7	28.9	6.7
	Noncore	31.5	4.1	32.2	4.2	35.1	4.4	12.2	2.5	14.0	2.7
Language spoken most often at home	English	43.0	0.9	42.8	0.9	42.7	1.0	44.1	1.5	46.0	2.0
Language spoken most often at home	Other	42.0	1.7	46.6	3.8	39.2	5.9	DSU	DSU	39.9	1.8
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	44.4	0.8	44.4	0.9	44.1	1.0	46.2	1.6	44.0	1.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	31.5	1.3	30.9	1.4	30.7	1.7	31.8	2.5	34.9	3.3
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	28.9	1.4	28.2	1.4	27.4	1.6	30.2	2.6	37.3	3.9
	Complex activities	30.6	1.6	30.1	1.7	29.0	1.8	34.0	3.0	35.4	5.5
	Neither basic nor complex activities	40.2	0.9	39.9	1.0	39.7	1.1	41.0	1.8	42.4	1.8

^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_4_5-1b: 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_5-1b.html