Table 16_3_4-1

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_4.1
People who identified a hospital, emergency room, or clinic as a source of ongoing care,^a United States, 2005-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		19.8	0.4	18.2	0.4	17.7	0.4	17.4	0.4
Age	0-17	24.4	0.7	21.8	0.7	22.2	0.7	21.1	0.6
	18-44	19.6	0.6	17.4	0.5	16.6	0.5	17.0	0.4
	45-64	18.0	0.6	16.8	0.6	16.0	0.6	16.1	0.5
	65 and over	14.3	0.7	15.6	0.8	14.8	0.8	13.1	0.5
Race	AI/AN only	49.7	5.9	56.0	6.8	48.3	6.2	43.6	5.4
	Asian only	17.9	1.6	19.0	1.4	17.1	1.2	17.3	1.3
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	39.9	6.8
	Black only	23.7	0.9	21.2	0.9	20.7	0.8	21.4	0.8
	White only	18.8	0.5	16.9	0.4	16.8	0.5	16.3	0.4
	Multiple races	23.8	2.3	28.4	2.5	21.6	2.4	26.9	3.6
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	28.7	1.0	26.8	1.0	25.9	0.9	25.6	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, all races	18.1	0.5	16.4	0.5	16.1	0.4	15.9	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	23.3	0.9	21.0	0.9	20.3	0.8	21.3	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	16.6	0.5	14.5	0.5	14.8	0.5	14.2	0.4
Gender	Male	20.0	0.5	17.5	0.5	17.5	0.5	16.7	0.4
Gender	Female	19.8	0.5	18.9	0.5	17.9	0.5	18.1	0.4
Health insurance,^b ages 0-64	Private	14.7	0.5	13.1	0.4	12.6	0.5	12.6	0.4
	Public only	37.8	1.2	35.6	1.1	35.0	1.1	36.4	0.9
	Uninsured	26.0	1.1	23.9	1.1	24.0	0.9	23.7	0.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	12.5	1.0	13.6	1.0	12.6	0.9	10.9	0.7
	Medicare and public	27.2	2.1	28.2	2.2	28.2	2.3	26.2	1.8
	Medicare only	11.8	1.0	13.2	1.3	12.5	1.0	11.9	0.9
Family income^c	Negative/poor	32.3	1.2	31.1	1.2	28.6	0.9	29.6	0.9
	Near poor/low	26.3	0.9	22.7	0.8	22.0	0.7	22.3	0.7
	Middle	18.1	0.7	16.8	0.6	16.2	0.6	16.2	0.6
	High	12.6	0.5	11.4	0.5	11.3	0.6	10.9	0.4
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	26.3	1.1	25.6	1.0	23.1	0.9	23.4	0.8
	High school graduate	18.2	0.8	16.6	0.7	16.0	0.7	16.3	0.6
	At least some college	15.1	0.5	14.1	0.5	13.4	0.5	13.1	0.4
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	18.7	0.5	16.7	0.4	16.4	0.4	DNC	DNC
	Large central metro	21.0	0.7	20.3	0.6	20.2	0.6	19.3	0.5
	Large fringe metro	14.2	0.6	11.8	0.6	11.2	0.6	11.4	0.6
	Medium metro	17.0	0.8	14.7	0.9	14.6	1.0	15.9	0.9
	Small metro	26.7	2.4	22.8	2.0	21.6	2.2	23.3	1.7
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	22.5	2.3	23.3	2.4	20.2	2.1	18.3	2.0
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	29.3	3.6	27.8	3.6	27.9	3.2	26.6	3.2
Activity limitations,^d age 18 and over	Basic activities	24.6	2.1	21.5	2.1	22.4	2.3	DNA	DNA
	Complex activities	24.2	1.3	21.8	1.2	23.4	1.2	DNA	DNA
	Neither basic nor complex activities	17.3	0.5	16.0	0.5	15.0	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_4-1: 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_4-1.html