Table 16_3_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 16_3_2.1
People with a specific source of ongoing care,^a United States, 2005-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		86.1	0.3	86.4	0.3	86.1	0.3	86.9	0.2
Age	0-17	94.3	0.3	94.0	0.3	94.4	0.3	94.7	0.2
	18-44	75.9	0.6	76.9	0.6	76.0	0.6	77.1	0.5
	45-64	89.1	0.4	88.9	0.4	88.8	0.5	89.9	0.4
	65 and over	96.3	0.3	96.0	0.4	96.3	0.3	96.3	0.3
Race	AI/AN only	83.4	3.0	81.0	3.8	86.2	2.7	83.3	2.8
	Asian only	87.5	1.0	87.6	0.9	86.8	1.1	85.8	1.2
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	90.4	3.8
	Black only	84.7	0.7	85.9	0.6	86.0	0.6	85.7	0.6
	White only	86.3	0.4	86.4	0.3	86.1	0.4	87.1	0.3
	Multiple races	83.2	2.2	87.3	1.8	84.2	2.1	87.6	1.9
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	77.1	0.8	77.4	0.8	74.3	0.8	76.9	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, all races	87.8	0.3	88.1	0.3	88.3	0.3	88.7	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	84.8	0.7	86.3	0.6	86.7	0.6	85.8	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	88.6	0.4	88.5	0.4	88.8	0.4	89.4	0.3
Gender	Male	82.2	0.5	82.8	0.4	82.5	0.4	83.3	0.4
Gender	Female	89.9	0.3	89.8	0.3	89.6	0.3	90.3	0.3
Health insurance,^b ages 0-64	Private	91.4	0.4	91.9	0.3	91.9	0.3	92.6	0.2
	Public only	90.9	0.7	90.7	0.7	91.2	0.6	91.0	0.5
	Uninsured	55.0	1.1	55.3	1.1	55.1	1.0	55.4	0.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	97.7	0.3	97.3	0.4	97.5	0.4	97.6	0.3
	Medicare and public	96.4	0.9	94.0	1.2	96.5	0.7	96.7	0.6
	Medicare only	94.3	0.6	95.4	0.6	94.8	0.8	94.7	0.6
Family income^c	Negative/poor	77.5	0.9	79.5	0.9	77.8	0.8	78.1	0.7
	Near poor/low	78.3	0.8	79.8	0.7	79.7	0.7	81.4	0.6
	Middle	87.0	0.5	86.3	0.5	87.4	0.5	87.2	0.4
	High	92.1	0.4	92.3	0.4	91.7	0.4	92.3	0.3
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	74.2	1.0	75.3	1.0	74.2	1.0	74.9	0.8
	High school graduate	82.2	0.7	83.7	0.7	83.4	0.7	85.0	0.5
	At least some college	88.9	0.4	88.9	0.4	88.9	0.4	89.9	0.3
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	86.1	0.3	86.3	0.3	86.0	0.3	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	84.5	0.5	84.8	0.5	84.6	0.5	84.7	0.4
	Large fringe metro	88.5	0.6	89.1	0.5	88.4	0.5	89.5	0.4
	Medium metro	85.7	0.7	85.8	0.6	85.7	0.7	86.6	0.5
	Small metro	86.0	1.1	85.2	1.1	85.0	1.2	86.1	0.8
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	84.4	1.0	86.4	1.1	86.0	1.1	86.9	0.9
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	89.0	1.5	87.5	1.4	87.8	1.6	89.1	1.2
Activity limitations,^d age 18 and over	Basic activities	89.3	0.9	88.4	1.3	90.3	0.8	DNA	DNA
	Complex activities	85.9	1.1	85.0	1.3	88.4	0.9	DNA	DNA
	Neither basic nor complex activities	83.2	0.4	83.5	0.4	82.6	0.4	DNA	DNA

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.� Age data and health insurance data for age 65 and over are unadjusted.

^b A small number of people who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private" category only.��

^c Negative or poor refers to family incomes below the Federal poverty line for a given household size and composition; near poor/low, over 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.

^d For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

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: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 16_3_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/nhqrdr10/16_facilitators_barriers/T16_3_2-1.html