Table 17_1_1-1

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 17_1_1.1
People who had an office-based or outpatient department visit,^a United States, 2002-2007
		2007		2006		2005		2004		2003		2002
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		73.0	0.4	73.4	0.5	73.4	0.4	73.0	0.5	74.1	0.4	74.1	0.4
Age	0-17	72.8	0.7	72.7	0.8	72.7	0.7	73.1	0.7	74.0	0.7	73.4	0.7
	18-44	62.7	0.7	63.4	0.7	63.2	0.7	62.6	0.7	64.7	0.6	65.2	0.5
	45-64	78.5	0.6	79.4	0.6	79.8	0.6	78.8	0.6	80.1	0.5	80.2	0.5
	65 and over	91.6	0.6	92.3	0.5	92.1	0.5	92.5	0.5	91.8	0.6	91.3	0.5
Gender	Male	66.6	0.5	66.5	0.6	66.5	0.6	66.6	0.6	66.8	0.5	67.2	0.5
Gender	Female	79.1	0.4	80.2	0.5	79.9	0.5	79.1	0.5	81.2	0.4	80.7	0.4
Race	White, single race	74.6	0.5	75.3	0.5	75.3	0.5	74.8	0.5	76.0	0.4	76.0	0.4
	Black, single race	65.6	0.9	65.7	1.0	64.7	1.1	63.7	1.0	65.8	1.0	65.1	1.2
	Asian, single race	65.6	1.9	62.7	2.6	63.0	2.0	66.9	1.6	63.3	1.9	64.0	1.7
	NHOPI, single race	72.7	6.1	65.2	8.3	57.3	6.1	60.9	5.2	66.9	5.0	74.3	7.3
	AI/AN, single race	64.4	4.2	70.7	4.2	70.3	3.5	63.3	2.9	70.8	3.8	63.9	4.0
	Multiple races	72.8	2.5	71.6	2.8	73.1	2.6	78.0	2.0	74.7	2.7	81.2	2.1
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	75.5	0.4	76.0	0.5	75.9	0.5	75.6	0.5	76.5	0.4	76.4	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	78.1	0.5	78.9	0.4	78.9	0.5	78.3	0.5	79.3	0.4	79.2	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	65.4	0.9	65.7	1.0	64.7	1.1	63.6	1.1	65.9	1.0	64.9	1.2
	Hispanic, all races	59.2	1.0	59.1	0.9	58.9	0.9	57.6	0.9	60.0	1.0	59.7	1.0
Family income^b	Negative/poor	66.9	1.0	67.8	1.1	66.4	0.9	66.7	0.9	67.7	0.8	68.1	1.0
	Near poor/low	66.4	0.8	66.6	0.8	69.0	0.9	68.1	0.9	68.5	0.9	69.9	0.8
	Middle	71.4	0.7	72.2	0.7	71.6	0.8	71.4	0.7	73.1	0.6	72.8	0.6
	High	79.2	0.6	79.5	0.6	79.3	0.6	79.0	0.6	79.9	0.6	79.2	0.5
Education^c	Less than high school	64.2	1.0	66.0	0.9	65.5	0.8	65.9	0.9	68.1	0.8	69.0	0.8
	High school graduate	70.2	0.7	71.3	0.8	71.5	0.7	71.5	0.7	72.6	0.7	72.5	0.6
	At least some college	78.1	0.6	78.3	0.6	78.5	0.5	77.1	0.6	78.2	0.6	78.4	0.5
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	68.3	0.5	68.8	0.6	68.6	0.6	68.1	0.6	69.3	0.5	69.8	0.5
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	73.1	0.9	74.2	0.9	74.5	0.8	72.6	0.8	75.8	0.8	75.2	0.8
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	75.7	0.5	76.1	0.5	75.5	0.5	75.1	0.5	76.6	0.4	76.0	0.4
	Public only	72.2	0.9	72.4	0.9	72.8	0.9	73.3	0.9	74.5	0.9	74.6	0.9
	Uninsured	43.4	1.2	42.6	1.1	43.8	1.0	42.0	0.9	42.6	1.0	45.0	1.0
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	88.5	1.1	90.6	0.9	90.0	1.1	89.8	1.2	88.4	1.1	90.0	1.0
	Medicare and private	94.4	0.7	94.4	0.6	94.6	0.6	94.8	0.6	94.0	0.7	92.8	0.7
	Medicare and other public	91.5	1.3	89.9	1.3	88.7	1.6	90.4	1.4	92.4	1.2	90.1	1.5
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	72.8	0.5	72.9	0.5	73.0	0.5	72.8	0.5	73.6	0.4	73.5	0.4
	Large central metro	68.2	0.7	68.6	0.9	68.3	0.7	68.1	0.8	69.2	0.7	69.9	0.6
	Large fringe metro	77.0	0.8	75.1	0.8	75.7	0.8	75.7	0.8	75.1	0.8	75.6	0.8
	Medium metro	73.9	0.9	75.3	0.8	76.0	1.0	75.4	0.9	77.1	0.7	75.1	0.7
	Small metro	74.3	1.5	76.2	1.4	74.4	1.2	74.5	1.2	76.2	1.0	76.5	1.1
	Nonmetropolitan	74.0	1.0	76.0	1.1	75.4	1.2	74.0	1.3	77.0	0.9	77.2	0.8
	Micropolitan	74.4	1.4	75.8	1.4	75.2	1.5	73.9	1.7	76.8	1.2	77.7	1.1
	Noncore	73.3	1.8	76.3	1.6	75.6	2.2	74.1	2.0	77.6	1.4	76.1	1.5
Language spoken most often at home	English	75.5	0.4	76.2	0.4	76.0	0.5	75.6	0.5	76.7	0.4	76.4	0.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	56.6	1.2	55.1	1.2	55.2	1.2	55.4	1.0	56.7	1.1	57.3	1.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	71.4	0.4	72.0	0.5	71.6	0.5	71.3	0.5	72.7	0.4	72.4	0.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	87.1	0.8	86.8	0.7	88.6	0.6	87.5	0.7	87.1	0.7	88.9	0.6
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	92.9	0.6	92.4	0.5	93.5	0.5	92.8	0.5	92.9	0.5	93.3	0.5
	Complex activities	92.0	0.8	92.8	0.8	92.9	0.8	92.2	0.7	92.2	0.7	93.6	0.6
	Neither basic nor complex activities	70.1	0.5	70.8	0.5	70.5	0.5	69.8	0.5	71.3	0.5	71.5	0.4

^a Includes physician and nonphysician office-based visits; physician and nonphysician outpatient department visits; and inpatient visits where the admission date was the same as the discharge date ("zero night" stays).

^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 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.

^d For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.

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 17_1_1-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/17_utilization/T17_1_1-1.html