Table 17_1_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 17_1_1.1c
People who had an office-based or outpatient department visit in the calendar year, 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		73.4	0.5	67.8	1.1	66.6	0.8	72.2	0.7	79.5	0.6
Age	0–17	72.7	0.8	69.6	1.5	64.0	1.4	72.0	1.3	82.1	1.2
	18–44	63.4	0.7	58.4	1.6	53.3	1.3	63.3	1.1	70.1	1.0
	45–64	79.4	0.6	73.2	2.1	72.3	1.6	77.3	1.2	83.1	0.7
	65 and over	92.3	0.5	86.6	1.9	91.7	1.0	93.3	0.9	93.5	0.9
Gender	Male	66.5	0.6	60.9	1.3	59.8	1.2	64.0	1.0	72.9	0.8
Gender	Female	80.2	0.5	73.3	1.3	72.6	1.0	80.2	0.8	86.6	0.7
Race	White, single race	75.3	0.5	69.8	1.2	68.1	1.0	74.3	0.8	80.7	0.6
	Black, single race	65.7	1.0	66.0	1.6	62.1	1.5	63.8	1.9	71.8	1.9
	Asian, single race	62.7	2.6	44.6	6.8	54.2	5.4	57.9	4.3	72.1	2.4
	NHOPI, single race	65.2	8.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	70.7	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	71.6	2.8	74.4	4.5	62.9	6.3	72.8	4.4	75.0	4.8
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	76.0	0.5	70.6	1.2	71.0	0.9	74.8	0.8	80.2	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	78.9	0.4	75.2	1.4	74.8	1.0	78.0	0.8	81.5	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	65.7	1.0	66.3	1.6	62.3	1.4	63.6	1.9	71.8	1.9
	Hispanic, all races	59.1	0.9	59.3	1.8	54.0	1.5	58.2	1.6	70.5	2.3
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	66.0	0.9	63.6	1.6	64.1	1.4	65.3	1.4	74.5	2.1
	High school graduate	71.3	0.8	68.7	2.0	68.2	1.5	69.9	1.3	75.7	1.1
	At least some college	78.3	0.6	70.6	2.1	72.0	1.6	77.4	1.0	80.6	0.7
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	68.8	0.6	55.6	1.8	56.6	1.2	67.0	1.0	75.6	0.7
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	74.2	0.9	70.1	1.7	67.0	1.6	75.1	1.5	83.4	1.6
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	76.1	0.5	73.1	1.9	66.5	1.4	74.6	0.8	79.3	0.6
	Public only	72.4	0.9	73.8	1.3	69.1	1.4	73.9	2.1	80.7	4.1
	Uninsured	42.6	1.1	40.0	1.9	41.2	1.7	41.4	1.9	51.3	2.9
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	90.6	0.9	84.1	3.0	90.5	1.6	93.1	1.4	90.5	2.1
	Medicare and private	94.4	0.6	89.7	3.0	93.6	1.3	96.0	1.0	94.4	0.9
	Medicare and other public	89.9	1.3	90.2	2.2	92.2	2.0	82.8	4.7	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	72.9	0.5	66.9	1.3	65.9	1.0	71.4	0.8	79.0	0.6
	Large central metro	68.6	0.9	62.4	1.8	61.8	1.3	66.5	1.5	76.4	1.1
	Large fringe metro	75.1	0.8	70.4	2.5	65.4	2.4	73.5	1.3	79.4	1.0
	Medium metro	75.3	0.8	69.7	2.8	70.6	1.9	74.0	1.4	80.7	1.3
	Small metro	76.2	1.4	72.3	3.3	69.9	2.3	75.7	1.9	82.1	2.1
	Nonmetropolitan	76.0	1.1	71.1	1.9	69.6	1.8	76.0	1.7	83.6	1.5
	Micropolitan	75.8	1.4	70.5	2.4	68.4	2.1	76.2	2.0	82.4	1.7
	Noncore	76.3	1.6	72.3	2.6	71.4	3.1	75.6	2.8	87.3	2.5
Language spoken most often at home	English	76.2	0.4	71.4	1.2	70.3	0.9	75.0	0.7	80.6	0.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	55.1	1.2	56.1	2.2	52.8	1.6	53.7	2.0	61.0	2.9
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	72.0	0.5	65.2	1.2	63.3	1.0	70.6	0.8	78.6	0.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	86.8	0.7	80.3	1.6	84.8	1.3	88.3	1.1	93.6	1.1
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	92.4	0.5	88.4	1.5	92.0	1.0	93.1	1.0	94.6	1.1
	Complex activities	92.8	0.8	89.5	1.7	92.1	1.2	93.9	1.2	96.3	1.3
	Neither basic nor complex activities	70.8	0.5	59.8	1.5	60.8	1.1	69.4	0.8	77.4	0.6

^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 17_1_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/nhqrdr09/17_utilization/T17_1_1-1c.html