Table 17_1_2-1c

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_2.1c
People who received a prescription medication 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		62.6	0.5	58.0	1.1	58.7	0.9	60.4	0.8	67.9	0.5
Age	0–17	48.9	0.8	45.2	1.4	45.2	1.5	47.5	1.5	55.5	1.4
	18–44	54.1	0.7	53.3	1.7	46.5	1.4	52.5	1.1	59.4	1.0
	45–64	74.1	0.7	76.4	1.8	72.2	1.5	72.1	1.2	75.3	0.9
	65 and over	91.7	0.5	88.5	1.7	92.0	0.9	92.9	1.0	91.3	1.0
Gender	Male	55.9	0.6	50.9	1.5	52.2	1.2	53.1	1.0	61.1	0.8
Gender	Female	69.2	0.6	63.8	1.2	64.4	1.0	67.5	1.0	75.0	0.7
Race	White, single race	64.9	0.5	61.0	1.3	60.4	1.0	62.9	0.9	69.5	0.5
	Black, single race	55.1	1.0	54.4	1.7	55.3	1.6	52.8	1.7	59.3	2.2
	Asian, single race	45.9	2.0	34.0	5.2	45.0	4.2	39.0	3.5	53.1	2.4
	NHOPI, single race	53.5	6.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	58.6	5.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	56.5	2.5	58.9	5.2	48.7	5.4	52.7	4.3	65.5	5.0
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	65.4	0.5	61.7	1.3	63.7	1.0	63.1	0.9	68.8	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	68.9	0.5	68.2	1.6	68.1	1.2	66.8	1.0	70.7	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	55.1	1.0	54.5	1.7	55.2	1.6	52.5	1.6	59.2	2.2
	Hispanic, all races	47.1	0.9	47.0	1.6	44.2	1.2	45.7	1.7	55.0	2.3
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	62.0	0.9	62.9	1.7	61.9	1.4	59.9	1.6	65.3	2.3
	High school graduate	66.8	0.8	68.7	2.0	66.1	1.5	64.4	1.2	69.2	1.3
	At least some college	69.6	0.6	64.7	2.2	65.8	1.7	67.3	1.1	71.8	0.7
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	60.6	0.6	52.7	1.9	50.9	1.3	58.2	1.0	66.2	0.7
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	68.8	1.0	68.0	1.7	65.1	1.8	66.3	1.6	74.9	1.8
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	62.8	0.5	61.2	2.1	56.1	1.4	60.2	0.9	66.1	0.6
	Public only	58.6	1.0	58.7	1.4	56.5	1.7	60.6	2.5	69.9	4.6
	Uninsured	36.8	1.0	38.8	1.9	36.3	1.5	33.2	1.7	42.7	2.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	90.0	1.1	85.6	2.9	89.6	1.7	93.6	1.4	87.9	2.5
	Medicare and private	93.6	0.6	93.0	2.2	94.2	1.2	94.7	1.2	92.7	1.0
	Medicare and other public	91.5	1.3	91.7	2.1	94.0	1.7	85.8	4.4	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	61.6	0.5	56.5	1.2	57.3	1.0	59.2	0.9	66.9	0.6
	Large central metro	56.7	0.9	52.6	1.7	51.1	1.3	55.0	1.5	62.6	1.1
	Large fringe metro	63.1	0.9	60.9	2.5	56.2	2.2	59.9	1.6	67.2	1.2
	Medium metro	65.2	1.0	58.3	2.4	63.8	1.9	62.3	1.7	70.7	1.3
	Small metro	66.1	1.4	60.0	4.2	64.5	2.4	63.7	1.9	71.5	1.8
	Nonmetropolitan	67.9	1.0	64.0	1.9	64.7	1.9	65.7	1.7	75.1	1.5
	Micropolitan	67.6	1.3	64.5	2.3	64.7	2.3	66.4	2.2	72.2	1.7
	Noncore	68.3	1.6	63.1	3.0	64.7	2.7	64.5	2.6	84.3	2.3
Language spoken most often at home	English	65.6	0.5	62.2	1.3	62.9	1.0	63.4	0.8	69.2	0.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	43.2	1.0	44.6	2.0	42.9	1.5	40.8	1.8	46.5	2.9
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	59.8	0.5	52.6	1.2	53.6	1.0	57.5	0.8	66.4	0.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	87.4	0.7	83.2	1.5	86.4	1.2	88.8	1.1	90.8	1.5
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	91.7	0.6	89.5	1.5	92.7	1.0	90.7	1.3	93.1	1.2
	Complex activities	92.3	0.8	90.7	1.6	92.9	1.2	93.1	1.5	92.3	1.8
	Neither basic nor complex activities	63.1	0.5	56.5	1.6	56.0	1.2	61.0	0.9	68.4	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_2-1c: 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_2-1c.html