Table 16_4_1-2d

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_4_1.2d
People unable to get or delayed in getting needed medical care, dental care, or prescription medicines, 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		11.5	0.3	13.7	0.7	11.8	0.5	10.6	0.4
Age	18-44	11.6	0.4	13.5	0.9	12.4	0.8	10.5	0.6
	45-64	12.8	0.5	17.3	1.5	12.9	0.8	11.6	0.6
	65 and over	8.6	0.6	10.2	1.2	8.2	1.0	8.0	1.0
Gender	Male	10.4	0.4	13.2	1.0	11.1	0.7	8.8	0.5
Gender	Female	12.6	0.4	14.3	0.8	12.5	0.7	12.1	0.5
Race	White, single race	11.7	0.4	13.9	0.8	12.2	0.6	10.6	0.5
	Black, single race	11.9	0.7	13.1	1.3	10.0	0.9	12.8	1.2
	Asian, single race	5.9	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	5.8	1.2
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	11.4	2.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	16.0	2.3	DSU	DSU	18.3	4.4	12.4	3.1
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	11.7	0.4	15.3	0.9	11.8	0.6	10.6	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	11.9	0.4	16.1	1.1	12.3	0.7	10.7	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	11.8	0.7	13.2	1.4	9.7	0.9	12.8	1.2
	Hispanic, all races	10.6	0.7	10.4	0.9	11.8	1.4	9.8	1.2
Family income^b	Negative/poor	20.4	1.1	19.5	1.4	18.9	1.7	23.7	2.1
	Near poor/low	15.8	0.7	14.1	1.2	16.1	1.2	17.3	1.3
	Middle	11.0	0.5	10.6	1.1	11.2	0.9	11.1	0.7
	High	7.9	0.4	10.2	1.7	7.4	0.8	7.9	0.5
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	10.9	0.4	13.4	0.9	11.3	0.6	10.1	0.4
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	17.0	0.8	17.4	1.4	17.7	1.3	16.1	1.3
Health insurance, ages 0-64	Any private	9.3	0.4	9.3	1.0	9.4	0.6	9.2	0.4
	Public only	20.7	1.1	19.1	1.7	17.2	1.9	28.2	2.6
	Uninsured	19.1	1.0	18.8	1.6	20.5	1.5	17.7	1.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	8.3	1.0	10.0	2.0	7.7	1.5	7.5	1.7
	Medicare and private	8.5	0.8	10.5	2.1	8.2	1.4	8.1	1.1
	Medicare and other public	10.8	1.5	10.0	1.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	11.4	0.4	13.4	0.8	11.7	0.6	10.6	0.4
	Large central metro	11.2	0.5	11.6	1.0	11.3	0.8	11.0	0.7
	Large fringe metro	11.0	0.6	11.8	1.6	11.6	1.2	10.5	0.8
	Medium metro	11.9	0.9	16.2	2.0	11.9	1.2	10.4	0.9
	Small metro	11.9	1.0	16.3	2.2	12.7	1.6	9.3	1.1
	Nonmetropolitan	12.2	1.0	15.2	1.7	12.1	1.2	10.6	1.3
	Micropolitan	12.9	1.2	16.7	2.3	13.4	1.6	10.6	1.6
	Noncore	10.8	1.2	12.7	1.7	9.6	1.6	10.7	2.2
Language spoken most often at home	English	11.8	0.4	15.5	0.9	11.9	0.6	10.7	0.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	9.4	0.7	9.4	0.9	10.3	1.6	8.7	1.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	9.6	0.3	10.6	0.7	10.1	0.6	9.1	0.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	24.3	1.0	23.7	1.6	22.1	1.7	27.2	1.8
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	21.7	1.0	22.6	1.8	19.6	1.6	23.1	1.6
	Complex activities	28.9	1.4	28.0	2.5	26.7	2.3	31.9	2.3
	Neither basic nor complex activities	9.7	0.3	11.2	0.7	10.1	0.5	9.0	0.4
U.S. born	Yes	11.7	0.4	15.3	0.9	12.0	0.6	10.6	0.4
U.S. born	No	10.2	0.7	10.1	1.0	10.0	1.3	10.4	1.0

^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_4_1-2d: 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_4_1-2d.html