Table 13_1_1-2d

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 13_1_1.2d
Adults who made an appointment for routine health care in the last 12 months who sometimes or never got an appointment as soon as wanted, by education,^a United States, 2007
		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		15.2	0.5	16.4	1.0	13.3	0.8	15.8	0.7
Age	18-44	19.7	0.9	19.0	1.5	20.5	1.5	19.6	1.2
	45-64	13.8	0.6	21.1	2.3	10.6	1.0	14.1	0.9
	65 and over	8.0	0.7	8.9	1.4	6.9	1.0	8.4	1.3
Gender	Male	13.8	0.6	16.4	1.6	13.3	1.2	13.4	0.8
Gender	Female	16.2	0.6	16.5	1.3	13.3	1.0	17.6	0.9
Race	White, single race	14.2	0.5	14.7	1.0	11.9	0.9	15.1	0.7
	Black, single race	19.2	1.3	18.6	2.3	21.6	2.3	17.7	1.9
	Asian, single race	24.7	2.5	DSU	DSU	22.2	5.4	24.3	2.7
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	23.5	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	14.8	0.5	16.8	1.3	12.3	0.8	15.5	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	13.6	0.6	14.6	1.4	10.7	0.9	14.7	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	19.0	1.3	18.2	2.3	21.1	2.3	17.8	1.9
	Hispanic, all races	19.4	1.4	15.4	1.6	23.9	3.1	20.6	2.6
Family income^b	Negative/poor	18.8	1.3	21.0	2.4	16.9	2.1	17.9	2.3
	Near poor/low	15.9	1.1	15.7	1.6	14.6	1.7	17.1	1.8
	Middle	14.8	0.8	16.0	1.9	13.8	1.3	15.1	1.0
	High	14.6	0.7	12.7	2.6	11.3	1.2	15.8	0.9
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	17.2	0.6	19.9	1.8	15.4	1.0	17.6	0.8
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	15.7	1.0	19.7	2.1	15.2	1.8	13.9	1.6
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	15.9	0.6	16.7	1.9	13.7	1.1	16.6	0.8
	Public only	21.7	1.6	23.8	2.7	17.5	2.4	24.0	3.3
	Uninsured	21.0	1.6	22.5	3.0	23.4	2.8	18.1	2.2
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	9.7	1.4	12.0	2.3	8.4	1.8	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	6.6	0.9	DSU	DSU	5.1	1.3	7.3	1.3
	Medicare and other public	9.1	2.0	5.8	1.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	15.6	0.5	16.0	1.1	13.7	0.9	16.3	0.7
	Large central metro	16.8	0.8	16.0	1.7	16.9	1.7	17.0	1.0
	Large fringe metro	15.4	0.9	16.5	2.5	13.0	1.5	16.1	1.3
	Medium metro	14.0	1.0	14.6	2.1	11.4	1.5	15.2	1.3
	Small metro	15.6	1.7	18.5	3.4	12.7	2.2	16.7	2.7
	Nonmetropolitan	13.3	1.2	18.1	2.1	11.9	1.9	12.6	1.5
	Micropolitan	14.2	1.5	21.0	2.8	13.1	2.6	12.6	1.8
	Noncore	11.4	1.8	12.5	2.9	9.2	2.2	12.7	2.7
Language spoken most often at home	English	14.7	0.5	16.4	1.2	12.6	0.8	15.4	0.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	20.9	1.6	16.6	1.9	24.3	3.8	23.9	3.3
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	14.7	0.5	15.5	1.2	12.6	0.8	15.4	0.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	18.1	1.1	18.6	1.8	16.3	1.9	19.5	1.9
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	13.1	0.9	13.8	1.6	12.6	1.5	13.2	1.5
	Complex activities	14.5	1.3	19.2	2.5	12.6	2.1	13.0	1.9
	Neither basic nor complex activities	15.5	0.6	17.0	1.3	13.5	0.9	16.1	0.7
U.S. born	Yes	14.5	0.5	17.1	1.2	12.3	0.8	15.0	0.7
U.S. born	No	19.8	1.3	14.7	1.8	22.0	2.5	21.7	2.0

^a 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.

^b 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.

^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: 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 February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 13_1_1-2d: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/13_timeliness/T13_1_1-2d.html