Table 16_4_8-2c

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_8.2c
Children who did not have problems seeing a specialist they needed to see in the last 12 months, by family income,^a United States, 2007
		Total		Negative/poor		�Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		78.5	1.8	75.0	3.7	76.6	3.2	76.2	4.1	82.1	2.2
Age	0-5	78.3	2.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	81.5	4.2
Age	6-17	78.6	2.0	71.9	4.6	75.8	3.8	77.6	4.4	82.3	2.6
Gender	Male	79.5	1.9	77.9	4.3	75.2	4.0	77.5	3.8	83.3	3.0
Gender	Female	77.3	2.7	71.7	5.3	78.9	4.6	74.8	5.7	80.6	3.3
Race	White, single race	78.7	2.1	73.5	4.8	75.1	3.9	76.2	4.6	82.8	2.4
	Black, single race	77.0	3.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Asian, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	79.5	1.8	74.3	4.5	76.7	3.8	78.3	3.8	82.5	2.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	79.6	2.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	78.3	4.2	82.9	2.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	78.0	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Hispanic, all races	73.0	4.1	77.4	4.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance	Any private	81.0	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	77.0	5.1	82.6	2.3
	Public only	73.5	2.8	74.6	4.1	73.3	4.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^b	Metropolitan	78.1	2.0	72.5	4.2	79.4	3.3	76.1	4.6	80.6	2.4
	Large central metro	76.2	3.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	73.5	6.2	DSU	DSU
	Large fringe metro	79.0	3.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	81.3	3.3
	Medium metro	80.8	3.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	74.3	5.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	81.3	3.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	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	72.9	4.3	76.2	3.7	75.4	4.4	82.5	2.2
Language spoken most often at home	Other	81.6	3.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	79.4	1.8	74.4	4.0	78.1	3.3	77.0	4.1	83.0	2.2
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	70.9	5.3	72.9	4.7	77.8	4.6	78.4	3.4
Children with special health care needs^b	No	80.5	2.6	79.1	4.0	80.2	4.3	74.5	6.5	85.7	2.7
U.S. born	Yes	78.6	1.9	74.8	3.8	77.2	3.3	76.3	4.1	82.1	2.2
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: 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_8-2c: 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_8-2c.html