Table 16_3_3-2c

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_3.2c
People with a usual primary care provider, by family income,^a United States, 2007
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		76.3	0.5	70.5	1.0	71.5	0.9	75.1	0.8	81.5	0.7
Age	0-17	87.5	0.7	85.1	1.3	82.6	1.5	87.8	1.1	92.2	1.0
	18-44	61.5	0.7	51.2	1.5	53.4	1.4	60.5	1.3	69.6	1.2
	45-64	80.1	0.7	69.8	1.9	72.0	1.9	78.1	1.3	84.6	0.9
	65 and over	90.6	0.7	89.1	1.8	89.8	1.3	92.5	1.2	90.2	1.2
Gender	Male	72.6	0.6	67.9	1.4	65.4	1.2	70.4	1.0	78.7	0.9
Gender	Female	79.9	0.5	72.6	1.1	76.9	1.0	79.7	0.9	84.3	0.8
Race	White, single race	77.2	0.5	69.1	1.2	72.0	1.1	75.8	0.9	82.5	0.8
	Black, single race	73.3	1.0	72.5	1.9	71.1	2.2	70.6	1.9	80.4	1.9
	Asian, single race	69.4	2.1	74.1	5.9	61.2	6.1	71.3	4.0	69.7	2.9
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	72.0	5.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	77.1	2.6	83.2	3.6	71.1	6.2	79.9	4.3	74.2	4.8
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	78.5	0.5	72.1	1.2	75.1	1.1	77.5	0.8	82.1	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	80.1	0.5	71.4	1.6	77.2	1.3	78.9	1.0	83.3	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	73.3	1.0	72.5	1.9	71.3	2.2	70.7	1.9	80.2	2.0
	Hispanic, all races	64.7	1.1	66.3	1.7	60.7	1.9	62.2	2.0	73.5	2.6
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	66.7	1.1	59.7	1.9	64.3	1.7	69.2	1.9	77.1	2.3
	High school graduate	71.8	0.8	63.0	1.9	68.5	1.5	70.3	1.3	78.6	1.5
	At least some college	75.4	0.7	65.5	2.5	68.9	1.9	71.6	1.1	79.4	0.8
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	68.2	0.7	50.9	1.9	56.1	1.4	64.9	1.1	76.3	0.9
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	73.0	0.9	63.3	1.5	68.7	1.8	76.9	1.7	82.9	1.7
Health insurance, ages 0-64	Any private	79.4	0.5	71.7	2.3	75.4	1.4	77.4	0.9	82.0	0.7
	Public only	81.1	0.9	81.9	1.1	79.7	1.6	82.6	2.1	77.0	5.0
	Uninsured	44.0	1.3	36.8	2.1	40.2	2.0	45.0	2.4	57.9	3.6
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	87.7	1.3	89.6	3.0	86.1	2.2	90.7	2.1	85.8	3.2
	Medicare and private	92.9	0.8	92.3	2.9	93.3	1.7	93.3	1.4	92.5	1.1
	Medicare and other public	91.5	1.5	87.5	2.9	92.6	2.3	98.5	0.9	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	75.9	0.5	69.5	1.1	70.3	1.1	74.4	0.9	81.3	0.7
	Large central metro	73.1	0.8	70.0	1.6	68.8	1.7	69.5	1.5	79.3	1.3
	Large fringe metro	79.2	0.9	72.9	2.9	72.9	2.5	77.8	1.6	82.5	1.1
	Medium metro	77.3	1.1	67.2	2.3	71.6	2.1	77.0	1.8	84.0	1.4
	Small metro	73.7	1.8	66.9	3.1	68.4	3.4	75.6	2.4	77.3	2.8
	Nonmetropolitan	78.6	1.1	74.7	2.0	76.5	1.8	77.9	1.7	82.9	2.1
	Micropolitan	76.8	1.4	73.7	2.4	73.2	2.3	75.4	2.3	82.3	2.3
	Noncore	82.0	1.8	76.6	3.7	83.3	2.9	81.9	2.9	84.4	3.9
Language spoken most often at home	English	78.4	0.5	71.7	1.1	74.7	1.0	77.2	0.8	82.4	0.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	62.3	1.3	66.3	2.4	60.1	2.2	60.0	2.4	65.4	3.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	75.9	0.5	70.0	1.2	69.9	1.0	74.5	0.8	81.2	0.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	80.2	1.0	73.1	1.9	80.7	1.6	80.4	1.9	86.0	1.9
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	86.7	0.8	77.4	2.1	87.6	1.4	86.1	1.4	92.1	1.2
	Complex activities	84.2	1.1	76.2	2.1	84.4	2.2	85.7	2.2	91.5	2.0
	Neither basic nor complex activities	70.4	0.6	57.0	1.5	61.8	1.2	68.4	1.0	77.6	0.8
U.S. born	Yes	78.7	0.5	72.8	1.1	75.2	1.0	77.2	0.8	83.0	0.7
U.S. born	No	60.9	1.4	58.7	2.7	54.9	2.1	60.3	2.2	67.7	2.2

^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: 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 16_3_3-2c: 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_3-2c.html