Table 16_4_5-2d

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_5.2d
People whose usual source of care offers night and weekend office hours, excluding hospital emergency rooms, 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		38.0	0.8	35.6	1.3	37.8	1.1	38.8	0.9
Age	18-44	43.5	1.1	43.3	2.0	44.3	1.6	43.2	1.4
	45-64	37.7	1.0	34.3	2.1	38.4	1.7	38.0	1.3
	65 and over	26.5	1.1	24.9	2.0	26.0	1.9	27.9	1.8
Gender	Male	38.8	0.9	36.8	1.8	40.1	1.7	38.7	1.2
Gender	Female	37.3	0.8	34.6	1.5	36.1	1.2	38.9	1.0
Race	White, single race	37.4	0.8	35.7	1.5	37.6	1.3	37.9	1.0
	Black, single race	37.8	1.6	32.6	2.9	36.0	2.1	42.2	2.3
	Asian, single race	46.6	3.3	DSU	DSU	51.0	5.4	47.1	3.9
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	38.9	7.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	39.9	4.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	37.8	0.8	34.7	1.6	37.8	1.2	38.6	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	37.1	0.9	34.0	1.9	37.4	1.4	37.5	1.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	38.0	1.6	32.9	3.0	35.8	2.1	42.4	2.3
	Hispanic, all races	39.4	1.7	38.1	2.4	38.6	2.9	41.5	2.7
Family income^b	Negative/poor	34.6	1.7	34.6	2.4	32.2	2.5	37.6	3.4
	Near poor/low	34.3	1.4	32.8	2.2	36.9	2.2	32.8	2.1
	Middle	38.1	1.2	37.5	2.5	37.4	1.7	38.8	1.5
	High	39.8	1.1	38.1	3.1	40.3	2.0	39.8	1.2
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	41.6	0.9	41.0	2.0	42.9	1.5	41.1	1.1
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	37.6	1.3	38.3	2.1	36.2	2.1	38.4	2.0
Health insurance, ages 0-64	Any private	41.7	0.9	43.4	2.2	42.9	1.5	41.0	1.1
	Public only	35.7	1.8	34.5	2.5	35.9	2.6	37.4	3.8
	Uninsured	38.1	1.8	37.5	3.6	36.9	2.5	39.5	3.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	27.0	2.0	22.7	3.6	27.5	3.2	29.8	3.7
	Medicare and private	24.9	1.5	24.5	3.4	22.5	2.3	26.9	2.2
	Medicare and other public	31.7	2.9	28.7	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	39.8	0.8	38.6	1.5	40.3	1.3	39.9	1.0
	Large central metro	41.3	1.2	41.7	2.3	45.8	2.0	39.0	1.5
	Large fringe metro	44.3	1.5	42.5	3.4	42.5	2.6	45.6	1.7
	Medium metro	34.9	2.0	35.2	3.4	36.7	2.8	33.7	2.1
	Small metro	34.2	2.9	28.8	4.2	29.8	3.6	39.4	3.8
	Nonmetropolitan	29.5	1.9	24.6	2.3	29.4	2.4	31.9	2.7
	Micropolitan	27.2	2.2	22.2	2.9	26.2	2.9	30.2	3.2
	Noncore	33.7	3.0	28.0	3.4	35.6	3.5	35.4	4.7
Language spoken most often at home	English	37.5	0.8	34.8	1.5	37.5	1.2	38.1	1.0
Language spoken most often at home	Other	43.2	2.1	38.3	2.7	43.2	3.6	49.4	3.3
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	39.0	0.8	37.6	1.6	39.6	1.2	39.0	1.0
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	32.2	1.3	30.6	2.1	28.9	2.0	37.0	2.5
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	30.4	1.3	28.0	2.1	30.2	2.2	32.4	2.2
	Complex activities	30.5	1.7	26.4	2.3	33.7	2.8	30.7	2.7
	Neither basic nor complex activities	39.4	0.8	38.3	1.6	39.3	1.3	39.7	1.0
U.S. born	Yes	37.2	0.8	34.7	1.5	37.2	1.2	37.8	1.0
U.S. born	No	42.9	1.6	38.5	2.5	43.3	2.9	45.6	2.2

^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_5-2d: 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_5-2d.html