Table 13_1_2-1

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_2.1
Children who had an appointment for routine health care in the last 12 months who sometimes or never got appointments as soon as wanted, United States, 2002-2007
		2007		2006		2005		2004		2003		2002
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		7.3	0.5	7.0	0.4	7.1	0.4	7.0	0.4	8.7	0.5	10.2	0.5
Age	0-5	5.8	0.7	6.6	0.6	6.0	0.5	6.3	0.7	7.8	0.7	9.0	0.8
Age	6-17	8.2	0.6	7.2	0.6	7.7	0.6	7.4	0.5	9.2	0.6	10.9	0.6
Gender	Male	7.6	0.6	7.2	0.6	7.1	0.6	7.4	0.6	8.5	0.6	10.6	0.6
Gender	Female	6.9	0.6	6.8	0.5	7.1	0.6	6.6	0.6	8.9	0.7	9.9	0.6
Race	White, single race	7.0	0.6	6.7	0.5	5.8	0.4	6.5	0.4	8.3	0.6	9.7	0.5
	Black, single race	7.8	1.2	7.9	1.0	10.0	1.1	7.8	1.1	9.3	1.1	11.0	1.2
	Asian, single race	7.8	2.3	DSU	DSU	18.7	5.5	8.0	2.0	20.2	4.2	20.4	4.2
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	8.8	2.5	10.1	2.6	DSU	DSU	13.1	2.9	DSU	DSU	9.6	2.5
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	6.8	0.5	6.7	0.5	6.6	0.5	6.2	0.5	8.1	0.6	9.5	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	6.4	0.7	6.3	0.6	5.0	0.5	5.4	0.5	7.3	0.6	8.7	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	7.9	1.2	7.9	1.1	9.8	1.1	7.7	1.1	9.4	1.1	10.8	1.2
	Hispanic, all races	9.4	1.3	8.2	0.9	9.3	0.8	11.2	1.1	12.1	1.0	14.1	1.3
Family income^a	Negative/poor	8.1	1.1	9.5	1.0	10.9	1.1	11.7	1.2	12.8	1.4	14.2	1.3
	Near poor/low	9.8	1.3	8.0	0.8	9.2	1.1	8.6	0.9	12.7	1.5	12.8	1.1
	Middle	6.9	0.9	6.5	0.8	6.2	0.8	5.7	0.7	7.5	0.9	9.8	0.8
	High	6.0	0.8	5.6	0.7	4.7	0.7	5.1	0.7	5.6	0.7	7.3	0.8
Health insurance	Any private	6.3	0.6	5.7	0.5	5.4	0.5	5.7	0.5	6.7	0.5	9.0	0.6
	Public only	9.5	0.9	9.8	0.8	11.1	0.9	10.2	0.9	13.3	1.1	13.1	1.1
	Uninsured	7.8	1.9	7.9	2.0	6.9	1.8	8.0	2.2	12.5	3.1	13.5	2.4
Location of residence^b	Metropolitan	7.3	0.5	7.1	0.5	7.0	0.5	6.9	0.5	9.0	0.6	10.9	0.5
	Large central metro	7.6	0.9	7.8	0.7	8.9	1.0	7.8	0.8	10.6	0.9	13.4	1.0
	Large fringe metro	5.9	0.8	5.4	0.9	5.5	0.7	7.0	0.9	8.0	0.9	9.3	1.0
	Medium metro	9.2	1.2	7.5	1.2	6.9	1.1	5.9	0.6	8.4	1.3	9.1	0.9
	Small metro	7.3	1.9	8.9	1.8	5.5	1.3	5.8	1.4	8.2	2.2	11.4	1.8
	Nonmetropolitan	7.1	1.4	6.4	1.0	7.6	1.0	7.7	1.2	7.1	1.2	6.6	1.0
	Micropolitan	6.8	1.4	6.9	1.2	9.2	1.3	7.3	1.7	7.4	1.5	6.8	1.1
	Noncore	DSU	DSU	5.4	1.5	4.8	1.4	8.2	1.9	6.7	1.8	6.0	1.7
Language spoken most often at home	English	7.3	0.5	6.9	0.5	6.7	0.5	6.6	0.4	8.0	0.6	9.9	0.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	7.3	1.2	8.0	1.0	10.0	1.4	10.2	1.3	14.3	1.6	14.3	1.8
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	7.2	0.5	6.8	0.4	6.8	0.4	6.8	0.4	8.4	0.5	10.0	0.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	10.6	2.8	12.7	3.1	14.3	2.6	14.8	3.2	19.2	3.3	17.3	2.6
Children with special health care needs^b	Yes	9.8	0.9	8.1	0.9	9.0	0.9	9.4	0.9	10.4	1.0	12.2	1.0
Children with special health care needs^b	No	6.6	0.5	6.5	0.5	6.4	0.5	6.3	0.5	8.2	0.6	9.7	0.5
U.S. born	Yes	7.3	0.5	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	8.4	0.5	10.1	0.5
U.S. born	No	DSU	DSU	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	16.7	3.2	15.7	2.8

^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 For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.

DNC - Data have not been collected.

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_2-1: 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_2-1.html