Table 16_4_8-2b

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_8.2b
Children who did not have problems seeing a specialist they needed to see in the last 12 months, 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		78.5	1.8	79.5	1.8	79.6	2.1	78.0	3.5	73.0	4.1
Age	0-5	78.3	2.9	78.7	3.2	78.7	3.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Age	6-17	78.6	2.0	79.8	2.0	79.9	2.3	77.3	4.4	71.2	4.5
Gender	Male	79.5	1.9	80.8	2.1	81.5	2.5	DSU	DSU	73.0	4.6
Gender	Female	77.3	2.7	77.9	2.7	77.3	3.2	DSU	DSU	72.9	5.6
Family income^a	Negative/poor	75.0	3.7	74.3	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	77.4	4.3
	Near poor/low	76.6	3.2	76.7	3.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Middle	76.2	4.1	78.3	3.8	78.3	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High	82.1	2.2	82.5	2.3	82.9	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance	Any private	81.0	2.4	82.0	2.2	82.6	2.5	DSU	DSU	71.2	6.9
	Public only	73.5	2.8	72.1	3.5	66.8	5.0	81.0	3.8	77.7	3.6
	Uninsured	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^b	Metropolitan	78.1	2.0	78.9	2.0	79.0	2.4	78.4	3.6	73.6	4.2
	Large central metro	76.2	3.0	80.5	3.2	83.8	4.1	DSU	DSU	64.4	6.6
	Large fringe metro	79.0	3.6	78.4	3.8	78.2	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	80.8	3.3	80.7	3.6	80.7	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	74.3	5.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	81.3	3.1	82.4	3.2	82.2	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	79.8	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	78.3	2.0	79.5	1.8	79.6	2.2	78.6	3.6	63.5	6.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	81.6	3.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	83.0	3.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	79.4	1.8	80.4	1.7	80.5	2.0	78.0	3.6	73.1	4.2
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Children with special health care needs^b	Yes	76.4	2.3	77.5	2.5	77.4	2.9	78.1	4.2	68.3	5.3
Children with special health care needs^b	No	80.5	2.6	81.3	2.4	82.0	2.8	DSU	DSU	76.4	5.9
U.S. born	Yes	78.6	1.9	79.4	1.8	79.4	2.1	78.8	3.5	73.6	4.3
U.S. born	No	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^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 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.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 16_4_8-2b: 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_8-2b.html