Table 16_3_6-5b

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_6.5b
People unable to get or delayed in getting needed medical care, dental care, or prescription medicines due to financial or insurance reasons, by ethnicity, United States, 2007
				Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		64.6	1.3	63.2	1.4	62.8	1.7	67.3	2.4	72.9	2.8
Age	0-17	59.9	3.5	59.0	4.1	60.5	4.7	DSU	DSU	63.0	6.3
	18-44	70.5	1.8	69.1	2.0	69.5	2.4	69.7	4.3	77.8	3.1
	45-64	65.3	2.1	64.4	2.2	63.1	2.5	75.7	4.4	75.6	4.6
	65 and over	43.7	3.3	43.1	3.5	41.0	3.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	64.2	1.8	63.1	1.9	61.9	2.3	67.8	4.0	71.1	3.4
Gender	Female	64.8	1.6	63.4	1.8	63.5	2.1	67.0	3.5	74.6	4.2
Family income^a	Negative/poor	76.3	2.1	75.3	2.4	76.1	2.9	73.7	4.3	80.2	4.0
	Near poor/low	72.5	2.3	72.2	2.6	72.5	3.1	71.1	5.3	73.8	4.6
	Middle	68.6	2.2	67.7	2.5	68.1	2.8	67.0	5.6	73.7	5.6
	High	45.9	2.9	45.4	3.0	45.1	3.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	76.0	2.1	74.4	2.5	77.6	2.8	65.4	5.5	80.8	3.7
	High school graduate	69.6	2.1	68.6	2.3	66.4	2.7	80.3	3.7	77.6	5.1
	At least some college	57.4	2.0	56.8	2.1	56.1	2.4	65.6	4.9	65.6	6.2
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	66.8	1.5	65.7	1.7	65.7	2.0	70.8	3.7	74.1	3.1
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	72.2	2.3	70.2	2.6	68.5	3.0	76.0	5.4	85.3	3.7
Health insurance, ages 0-64	Any private	55.7	1.9	55.2	2.0	54.8	2.3	59.4	4.6	60.7	4.7
	Public only	69.3	2.5	68.9	2.8	71.3	3.4	63.8	5.2	71.2	4.8
	Uninsured	89.7	1.6	91.0	1.8	90.7	2.1	91.0	3.9	85.6	3.3
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	45.4	5.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	38.6	4.6	39.5	4.6	39.1	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	64.3	1.4	62.8	1.6	62.0	2.0	66.6	2.7	73.0	2.9
	Large central metro	61.8	2.4	58.9	2.9	58.2	4.0	62.7	3.7	70.9	3.7
	Large fringe metro	60.4	2.9	58.5	3.1	57.8	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	71.0	2.9	70.8	3.1	70.1	3.5	DSU	DSU	72.7	7.0
	Small metro	67.5	3.3	66.3	3.5	62.1	4.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	65.7	2.8	65.3	2.7	66.0	2.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	65.9	3.5	65.0	3.4	66.5	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	65.3	5.1	66.1	5.3	64.7	5.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	63.4	1.4	63.2	1.5	62.7	1.7	67.5	2.5	66.3	4.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	75.2	3.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	77.9	3.6
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	63.5	1.5	62.2	1.7	61.5	2.0	68.3	3.0	71.8	3.3
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	67.8	2.1	66.5	2.3	66.9	2.6	64.6	5.0	76.8	4.1
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	66.0	2.3	65.2	2.4	64.3	2.8	67.7	4.5	DSU	DSU
	Complex activities	68.4	2.4	67.8	2.5	67.8	3.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	65.0	1.6	63.2	1.8	62.4	2.1	71.1	3.4	75.0	2.9
U.S. born	Yes	63.8	1.4	63.5	1.5	63.0	1.7	67.9	2.6	66.8	4.6
U.S. born	No	70.6	2.7	61.0	4.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	78.3	3.2

^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: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 16_3_6-5b: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/16_facilitators_barriers/T16_3_6-5b.html