Table 16_4_5-2b

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_5.2b
People whose usual source of care offers night and weekend office hours, excluding hospital emergency rooms, 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		42.5	0.7	42.6	0.8	42.0	0.9	42.9	1.6	42.3	1.5
Age	0-17	53.5	1.1	55.3	1.3	56.4	1.6	51.7	2.4	46.0	2.0
	18-44	43.6	1.1	43.7	1.2	42.8	1.3	42.4	2.6	42.9	2.3
	45-64	37.7	1.0	37.6	1.1	37.6	1.2	36.5	2.1	38.2	2.4
	65 and over	26.4	1.1	26.4	1.2	26.0	1.3	27.3	2.9	27.6	3.2
Gender	Male	43.5	0.8	43.6	0.9	43.0	1.0	44.1	1.9	42.9	1.7
Gender	Female	41.7	0.8	41.7	0.9	41.0	1.0	42.0	1.8	41.9	1.8
Family income^a	Negative/poor	38.5	1.6	38.5	1.8	38.0	2.5	38.4	2.9	38.6	2.8
	Near poor/low	38.9	1.4	38.7	1.6	36.4	2.0	42.2	2.8	39.4	2.8
	Middle	42.7	1.2	42.3	1.4	41.6	1.6	44.5	3.0	45.8	2.5
	High	45.0	1.1	45.0	1.1	44.4	1.2	46.3	3.3	45.2	3.0
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	35.6	1.3	34.7	1.6	34.0	1.9	32.9	3.0	38.1	2.4
	High school graduate	37.8	1.1	37.8	1.2	37.4	1.4	35.8	2.1	38.6	2.9
	At least some college	38.8	0.9	38.6	1.0	37.5	1.1	42.4	2.3	41.5	2.7
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	41.6	0.9	41.6	1.0	41.0	1.1	41.2	2.0	41.9	2.1
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	37.6	1.3	37.3	1.5	36.3	1.8	35.9	3.1	39.9	2.7
Health insurance, ages 0-64	Any private	46.6	0.9	46.6	1.0	46.1	1.1	46.6	2.2	47.0	2.1
	Public only	40.7	1.4	41.2	1.6	39.3	2.3	43.4	2.5	39.4	2.3
	Uninsured	41.2	2.0	41.1	2.3	41.8	2.8	34.0	3.8	41.8	3.5
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	26.9	2.0	27.1	2.0	27.7	2.2	21.7	3.7	24.3	6.1
	Medicare and private	24.9	1.5	24.7	1.5	24.2	1.6	29.4	5.4	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	31.9	2.9	33.1	3.5	32.2	4.5	DSU	DSU	28.4	4.9
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	44.8	0.8	44.9	0.9	44.3	1.0	44.8	1.6	44.3	1.5
	Large central metro	46.1	1.2	46.1	1.4	45.3	1.9	48.3	2.3	45.9	1.9
	Large fringe metro	49.6	1.4	49.8	1.5	49.2	1.6	49.5	3.9	47.5	3.7
	Medium metro	39.5	1.9	39.2	1.9	39.3	2.1	35.3	3.3	41.3	5.0
	Small metro	38.9	2.9	39.9	2.9	40.3	3.2	29.7	4.3	28.1	6.0
	Nonmetropolitan	31.9	1.8	32.8	1.9	33.2	2.1	28.7	5.5	15.7	3.4
	Micropolitan	30.2	2.3	30.9	2.4	30.4	2.6	34.1	8.1	16.5	4.9
	Noncore	35.0	3.1	36.2	3.2	38.0	3.3	18.5	5.2	14.7	4.1
Language spoken most often at home	English	42.5	0.8	42.3	0.8	41.7	0.9	43.2	1.6	45.1	2.1
Language spoken most often at home	Other	42.9	1.9	49.4	3.7	54.4	7.1	DSU	DSU	39.9	2.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	43.7	0.8	43.8	0.8	43.1	0.9	44.4	1.7	43.5	1.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	33.0	1.3	32.8	1.5	31.8	1.7	33.4	2.8	34.4	2.5
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	30.4	1.3	30.1	1.4	29.0	1.5	32.8	2.9	34.8	3.5
	Complex activities	30.6	1.7	30.4	1.8	30.4	2.2	26.7	3.5	32.2	4.3
	Neither basic nor complex activities	39.4	0.8	39.3	0.9	38.6	1.0	39.3	1.8	40.1	1.9
U.S. born	Yes	42.5	0.8	42.4	0.8	41.9	0.9	42.6	1.6	43.1	1.7
U.S. born	No	42.9	1.5	44.5	2.2	42.8	3.1	46.6	5.8	40.9	2.1

^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_4_5-2b: 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_4_5-2b.html