Priority Populations: Individuals With Special Health Care Needs
2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Individuals With Disabilities or Special Health Care Needs
People who were unable to get or delayed in getting needed dental care in the last 12 months
People who had a dental visit in the calendar year
People under age 65 with private insurance whose family's out-of-pocket medical expenditures were more than 10% of total family income
People under age 65 whose family's health insurance premium and out-of-pocket medical expenditures were more than 10% of total family income
Individuals With Disabilities or Special Health Care Needs
Measure Title
People who were unable to get or delayed in getting needed dental care in the last 12 months.
Measure Source
Healthy People 2010.
Tables
16_4_3.1 People unable to get or delayed in getting needed dental care, United States, 2006, by:
- Race.
- Ethnicity.
- Family income.
- Education.
Data Source
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends (CFACT), Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).
Denominator
U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population.
Numerator
People who attempted to obtain but did not receive care or delayed needed dental care.
Individuals With Disabilities or Special Health Care Needs
Measure Title
People who had a dental visit in the calendar year.
Measure Source
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends (CFACT), Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).
Tables
17_1_3.1 People who had a dental visit in the calendar year, United States, 2006, by:
- Race.
- Ethnicity.
- Family income.
- Education.
Data Source
AHRQ, CFACT, MEPS.
Denominator
U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population.
Numerator
U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population who reported at least one dental visit.
Individuals With Disabilities or Special Health Care Needs
Measure Title
People under age 65 with private insurance whose family's out-of-pocket medical expenditures were more than 10% of total family income.
Measure Source
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends (CFACT), Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).
Tables
16_2_2.1 People under age 65 with private insurance whose family�s out-of-pocket medical expenditures were more than 10% of total family income, United States, 2006, by:
- Race.
- Ethnicity.
- Family income.
- Education.
Data Source
AHRQ, CFACT, MEPS.
Denominator
U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population ages 0-64 who had private insurance, including employer-sponsored and nongroup.
Numerator
Subset of denominator whose family�s out-of-pocket medical expenditures were more than 10% of total family income.
Comments
Total family income is the sum of person-level pretax total income, refund income, and sale income. "Family" is defined in terms of health insurance eligibility units (HIEUs), which are composed of individuals who could be covered as a family under most private health insurance plans.
Private health insurance includes:
- Private, employer-sponsored: People who had least one month of employer-sponsored insurance and zero month uninsured during year.
- Private, nongroup: People who had least one month of nongroup private insurance and zero month uninsured during year.
Individuals With Disabilities or Special Health Care Needs
Measure Title
People under age 65 whose family's health insurance premium and out-of-pocket medical expenditures were more than 10% of total family income.
Measure Source
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends (CFACT), Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).
Tables
16_2_1.1 People under age 65 whose family's health insurance premium and out-of-pocket medical expenditures were more than 10% of total family income, United States, 2006, by:
- Race.
- Ethnicity.
- Family income.
- Education.
Data Source
AHRQ, CFACT, MEPS.
Denominator
U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population, ages 0-64
Numerator
Subset of denominator whose family's out-of-pocket medical expenditures were more than 10% of total family income.
Comments
Health insurance premium is the sum of insurance premiums (imputed) and Medicare Part B.
Total family income is the sum of person-level pretax total income, refund income, and sale income. “Family” is defined in terms of health insurance eligibility units (HIEUs), which are composed of individuals who could be covered as a family under most private health insurance plans.
Health insurance was defined hierarchically for the categories below:
- Private, employer-sponsored: People who had at least one month of employer-sponsored insurance and zero month uninsured during year.
- Private, nongroup: People who had at least one month of nongroup private insurance and zero month uninsured during year.
- Public only: People who had public insurance only for all available months in MEPS.
- Part-year uninsured: People whose number of uninsured months is less than number of available months in MEPS.
- Full-year uninsured: People whose number of uninsured months is equal to number of available months in MEPS.