Table 16_3_3-2d

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 16_3_3.2d
People with a usual primary care provider, 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		72.7	0.5	66.7	1.1	71.8	0.8	75.4	0.7
Age	18-44	61.6	0.8	54.5	1.6	59.2	1.2	65.5	1.0
	45-64	80.1	0.7	70.5	1.6	78.9	1.1	83.2	0.8
	65 and over	90.9	0.7	89.8	1.2	90.1	1.2	92.3	0.9
Gender	Male	67.4	0.7	59.1	1.5	65.1	1.1	72.0	0.9
Gender	Female	77.7	0.6	74.8	1.2	78.0	0.9	78.5	0.8
Race	White, single race	73.8	0.6	65.8	1.3	73.4	0.9	76.7	0.7
	Black, single race	68.6	1.1	70.5	2.0	65.1	1.8	70.7	1.7
	Asian, single race	66.3	2.2	69.9	5.8	67.0	4.5	65.5	2.6
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	66.7	6.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	68.6	3.4	DSU	DSU	66.6	5.2	69.7	4.9
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	75.4	0.5	73.5	1.2	74.3	0.9	76.5	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	77.2	0.6	74.8	1.3	76.6	1.0	78.1	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	68.7	1.1	70.3	2.0	65.4	1.8	70.7	1.8
	Hispanic, all races	55.5	1.3	52.4	1.9	52.7	2.0	62.7	2.2
Family income^b	Negative/poor	62.3	1.2	59.7	1.9	63.0	1.9	65.5	2.5
	Near poor/low	67.2	1.0	64.3	1.7	68.5	1.5	68.9	1.9
	Middle	70.7	0.9	69.2	1.9	70.3	1.3	71.6	1.1
	High	79.0	0.8	77.1	2.3	78.6	1.5	79.4	0.8
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	68.3	0.7	55.8	1.6	66.2	1.0	72.3	0.8
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	73.0	0.9	67.6	1.6	73.0	1.5	77.2	1.4
Health insurance, ages 0-64	Any private	75.8	0.6	75.0	1.4	75.6	1.0	76.0	0.8
	Public only	73.2	1.3	70.8	2.0	75.7	2.2	73.8	2.7
	Uninsured	39.8	1.3	33.6	2.1	38.1	1.8	48.1	2.3
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	88.2	1.3	88.4	2.0	87.0	2.1	89.4	2.2
	Medicare and private	92.9	0.8	91.1	1.9	92.6	1.3	93.6	1.1
	Medicare and other public	91.8	1.5	91.3	2.0	90.5	3.3	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	72.2	0.6	65.9	1.4	70.9	1.0	74.9	0.7
	Large central metro	69.0	1.0	62.5	1.9	67.9	1.4	72.0	1.3
	Large fringe metro	75.0	1.0	69.2	2.6	73.1	1.7	77.2	1.2
	Medium metro	74.1	1.2	69.4	2.5	71.0	2.1	77.8	1.2
	Small metro	71.2	1.9	64.6	3.7	73.8	2.7	72.0	2.4
	Nonmetropolitan	75.4	1.2	69.9	2.3	75.0	1.5	78.8	1.8
	Micropolitan	73.9	1.5	67.7	3.1	73.0	1.7	77.8	2.0
	Noncore	78.4	2.0	73.4	4.1	79.1	2.6	80.9	3.4
Language spoken most often at home	English	75.0	0.5	72.3	1.1	73.5	0.9	76.7	0.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	54.7	1.5	52.8	2.2	52.5	2.7	58.9	2.3
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	71.7	0.6	63.7	1.4	70.4	0.9	74.6	0.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	79.9	1.1	76.1	1.6	79.8	1.7	83.8	1.6
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	86.7	0.8	85.2	1.3	86.9	1.3	87.7	1.2
	Complex activities	84.1	1.1	79.7	2.1	85.8	1.7	86.4	1.8
	Neither basic nor complex activities	70.6	0.6	62.0	1.3	69.0	0.9	74.0	0.7
U.S. born	Yes	75.0	0.5	71.9	1.1	73.3	0.9	76.9	0.7
U.S. born	No	61.0	1.3	54.7	2.2	60.0	2.1	66.3	1.8

^a Persons age 18 and over. 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 16_3_3-2d: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/16_facilitators_barriers/T16_3_3-2d.html