Table 12_4_1-2b

2010 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 12_4_1.2b
People with a usual source of care who usually asks about prescription medications and treatments from other doctors, by ethnicity, United States, 2007
				Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		80.1	0.5	80.1	0.6	79.9	0.7	82.9	1.0	80.3	1.2
Age	0-17	76.6	0.9	76.7	1.0	76.2	1.3	80.7	1.7	76.2	1.8
	18-44	83.0	0.8	83.2	0.9	83.1	1.0	85.4	1.5	82.2	1.5
	45-64	80.8	0.7	80.5	0.8	79.9	0.9	85.3	1.5	84.2	1.6
	65 and over	79.9	1.0	79.4	1.1	79.8	1.2	76.9	2.8	87.5	2.2
Gender	Male	79.8	0.6	79.7	0.7	79.7	0.8	82.4	1.4	80.6	1.3
Gender	Female	80.4	0.6	80.5	0.6	80.1	0.7	83.3	1.1	80.1	1.3
Family income^a	Negative/poor	78.0	1.3	77.8	1.5	76.0	2.1	80.8	2.1	78.9	2.4
	Near poor/low	81.0	1.1	80.1	1.3	79.7	1.6	80.2	2.2	84.1	1.7
	Middle	79.6	0.9	79.6	0.9	79.1	1.1	84.0	1.8	79.2	2.2
	High	80.8	0.9	81.0	0.9	81.1	1.0	86.5	2.1	78.5	2.5
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	80.2	1.0	78.6	1.2	78.2	1.5	80.5	2.3	84.8	1.5
	High school graduate	81.1	0.8	80.9	0.9	80.3	1.0	83.7	1.7	83.4	2.1
	At least some college	82.3	0.7	82.3	0.7	82.2	0.8	86.2	1.5	81.5	1.9
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	82.0	0.7	81.9	0.7	81.7	0.9	85.0	1.2	82.6	1.3
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	82.0	1.0	81.8	1.0	80.4	1.3	86.4	1.7	83.5	2.0
Health insurance, ages 0-64	Any private	80.6	0.7	80.6	0.7	80.4	0.8	84.7	1.3	80.9	1.7
	Public only	78.3	1.2	78.9	1.4	77.8	2.1	81.4	1.8	76.8	1.8
	Uninsured	79.9	1.5	79.0	1.8	78.0	2.3	84.0	2.7	82.7	2.5
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	78.1	1.8	77.3	1.8	78.1	2.0	75.9	4.3	88.8	3.8
	Medicare and private	80.7	1.3	80.5	1.4	80.7	1.4	79.3	4.6	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	80.2	2.3	78.5	2.8	79.2	3.8	74.1	5.5	85.9	3.5
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	80.5	0.6	80.5	0.6	80.5	0.7	82.5	1.1	80.2	1.2
	Large central metro	80.2	1.0	80.6	1.2	80.9	1.6	81.3	1.6	78.6	1.6
	Large fringe metro	81.2	0.9	81.4	1.0	81.0	1.2	84.7	2.2	78.8	3.1
	Medium metro	80.0	1.2	78.9	1.3	79.0	1.3	81.7	2.2	88.2	1.9
	Small metro	80.6	1.7	81.2	1.8	81.4	1.9	85.4	3.9	73.5	5.2
	Nonmetropolitan	78.5	1.6	78.3	1.6	77.7	1.7	86.0	3.7	82.1	5.0
	Micropolitan	80.3	1.8	80.2	1.8	80.1	1.9	85.6	4.3	80.8	7.6
	Noncore	75.3	2.9	74.8	3.0	73.4	3.1	86.7	5.5	84.0	4.8
Language spoken most often at home	English	80.1	0.6	80.1	0.6	79.9	0.7	83.1	1.0	79.5	1.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	80.5	1.4	79.4	2.8	80.8	4.9	DSU	DSU	81.1	1.6
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	79.8	0.6	79.9	0.6	79.7	0.7	82.8	1.1	79.2	1.3
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	82.8	1.0	81.8	1.1	81.5	1.3	83.5	2.1	88.2	1.6
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	82.1	1.0	82.0	1.0	82.2	1.1	82.4	2.3	83.5	2.6
	Complex activities	81.8	1.4	81.6	1.4	81.2	1.7	85.0	2.4	84.1	3.3
	Neither basic nor complex activities	81.4	0.6	81.2	0.6	80.8	0.7	84.5	1.1	83.3	1.2
U.S. born	Yes	80.2	0.6	80.4	0.6	80.1	0.7	82.8	1.0	78.7	1.5
U.S. born	No	79.6	1.2	76.6	1.7	74.0	2.6	84.0	3.5	83.3	1.4

^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 B: Detailed Methods.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 12_4_1-2b: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/12_patientsafety/T12_4_1-2b.html