Table 16_4_8-1c

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_8.1c
Children without problems seeing a specialist they needed to see in the last 12 months, 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		77.9	1.5	69.5	3.2	78.3	3.2	78.4	2.9	80.3	2.6
Age	0–5	80.0	2.6	78.7	5.4	DSU	DSU	84.1	4.0	DSU	DSU
Age	6–17	77.0	1.8	64.6	3.8	77.2	3.8	76.0	3.8	81.9	2.7
Gender	Male	78.4	1.9	71.6	3.8	75.9	4.2	79.6	3.4	81.5	3.3
Gender	Female	77.2	2.2	66.7	5.3	81.3	4.3	77.3	4.7	79.1	3.4
Race	White, single race	78.5	1.7	67.7	4.2	77.8	4.0	79.5	3.2	80.9	2.8
	Black, single race	76.5	3.0	73.0	5.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Asian, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	78.4	1.7	70.2	3.8	78.3	3.8	79.4	3.2	80.3	2.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	79.2	1.9	DSU	DSU	77.1	5.1	80.8	3.3	80.9	2.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	76.9	3.0	73.6	5.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Hispanic, all races	74.7	3.1	67.2	6.4	78.2	5.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance	Any private	80.5	1.8	DSU	DSU	92.4	2.5	81.2	3.3	79.8	2.7
	Public only	69.9	2.6	73.4	3.6	67.6	4.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	78.2	1.6	70.0	3.8	79.9	3.2	78.5	3.3	79.9	2.7
	Large central metro	75.4	2.6	70.7	5.3	78.3	4.9	74.1	4.8	77.3	5.2
	Large fringe metro	78.6	3.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	78.8	6.0	78.5	4.0
	Medium metro	82.9	2.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	74.4	6.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	75.4	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	71.0	5.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	78.6	1.6	70.0	3.6	78.7	3.5	79.3	3.2	81.0	2.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	69.6	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	78.8	1.5	71.1	3.5	80.4	3.3	78.7	3.0	80.9	2.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	62.3	5.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN	Yes	75.6	2.2	67.6	4.9	75.0	3.9	77.3	3.6	77.7	3.5
CSHCN	No	80.9	2.0	73.7	4.6	81.3	4.2	80.3	4.5	83.5	3.0

^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 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; CSHCN: children with special health care needs; 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_8-1c: 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_8-1c.html