Table 16_4_5-1c

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_5.1c
People with a usual source of care, excluding hospital emergency rooms, who has office hours nights or weekends, 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		42.9	0.8	40.9	1.6	40.1	1.5	43.0	1.2	44.7	1.1
Age	0–17	53.9	1.2	48.8	2.3	48.9	2.4	52.5	2.0	61.5	1.8
	18–44	44.1	1.1	36.8	2.3	40.4	2.1	43.3	1.6	48.1	1.7
	45–64	37.3	1.0	40.1	2.7	36.3	2.3	37.1	1.7	37.3	1.3
	65 and over	27.1	1.3	21.5	2.5	26.6	2.2	29.3	2.2	27.1	2.1
Gender	Male	44.0	0.9	42.0	2.1	41.6	1.8	44.9	1.4	44.7	1.3
Gender	Female	42.0	0.9	40.1	1.7	38.8	1.6	41.4	1.3	44.7	1.2
Race	White, single race	42.8	0.9	39.8	2.0	39.4	1.7	43.0	1.3	44.5	1.2
	Black, single race	44.2	1.4	43.6	2.5	43.6	3.0	42.9	2.6	47.2	2.8
	Asian, single race	44.8	3.1	DSU	DSU	35.8	7.9	42.5	5.7	45.8	3.7
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	30.3	6.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	44.0	4.2	31.7	6.0	55.2	8.0	43.2	6.4	43.5	7.3
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	42.9	0.9	40.4	1.9	40.2	1.8	42.5	1.3	44.8	1.2
	Non-Hispanic, White	42.7	1.0	38.6	2.5	39.1	2.0	42.4	1.4	44.6	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, Black	44.1	1.5	43.1	2.5	43.8	3.1	42.5	2.7	47.7	2.9
	Hispanic, all races	43.0	1.5	42.2	2.6	39.6	2.5	45.8	2.4	44.0	3.2
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	37.4	1.4	33.3	2.1	33.2	2.2	40.1	2.3	44.0	2.8
	High school graduate	38.4	1.1	35.4	2.5	34.2	2.0	38.8	1.7	41.2	2.1
	At least some college	38.5	1.0	35.4	3.4	38.5	2.3	37.9	1.5	39.1	1.2
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	41.8	0.9	39.4	2.5	40.8	1.9	41.1	1.4	42.7	1.3
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	37.5	1.3	37.0	2.2	34.6	2.5	39.4	2.5	38.3	2.5
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	46.9	0.9	48.7	3.2	47.3	2.4	45.7	1.3	47.5	1.2
	Public only	41.0	1.4	42.4	2.0	38.8	2.2	41.5	3.2	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	40.6	1.8	38.8	3.5	40.9	3.3	42.2	3.3	39.2	4.2
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	29.1	2.0	15.9	4.5	30.1	3.1	33.4	3.5	27.6	4.4
	Medicare and private	25.8	1.6	20.6	4.3	23.0	3.1	28.1	2.9	26.0	2.3
	Medicare and other public	28.9	2.6	26.9	3.7	28.8	4.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	45.4	0.9	44.9	1.7	42.1	1.7	45.4	1.4	46.9	1.2
	Large central metro	45.8	1.1	46.7	2.4	44.5	2.2	47.2	1.8	44.9	1.8
	Large fringe metro	52.0	1.5	52.6	4.7	40.6	3.5	52.5	2.5	54.2	1.9
	Medium metro	39.5	2.4	39.6	3.3	39.1	3.5	41.1	3.1	38.3	3.2
	Small metro	40.1	3.2	37.4	4.3	44.0	5.3	32.8	4.2	45.7	3.2
	Nonmetropolitan	31.2	2.0	26.5	2.9	32.7	3.1	33.1	2.7	30.3	2.4
	Micropolitan	31.1	2.1	30.9	3.5	34.6	4.0	29.5	2.9	30.8	2.7
	Noncore	31.5	4.1	18.8	3.8	30.1	4.7	39.1	5.1	28.7	5.1
Language spoken most often at home	English	43.0	0.9	40.9	1.8	40.7	1.7	42.8	1.3	44.6	1.2
Language spoken most often at home	Other	42.0	1.7	40.9	3.0	36.9	2.9	44.3	3.2	48.4	3.9
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	44.4	0.8	43.3	1.9	42.1	1.6	43.9	1.2	45.8	1.2
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	31.5	1.3	31.2	2.2	29.8	2.1	34.0	2.4	30.7	2.7
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	28.9	1.4	28.0	2.3	28.7	2.1	28.9	2.3	29.7	2.5
	Complex activities	30.6	1.6	30.3	2.5	28.3	2.3	33.3	3.3	30.3	3.6
	Neither basic nor complex activities	40.2	0.9	37.7	2.0	38.0	1.8	40.2	1.3	41.2	1.2

^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_5-1c: 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_5-1c.html