Table 17_1_2-2d

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 17_1_2.2d
People who received a prescription medication in the calendar year, 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		66.7	0.5	61.1	1.0	66.3	0.8	68.9	0.6
Age	18-44	53.0	0.7	43.6	1.3	51.2	1.1	57.7	0.9
	45-64	74.5	0.6	71.7	1.5	73.0	1.0	76.1	0.9
	65 and over	90.3	0.7	88.9	1.2	89.9	1.0	91.5	1.0
Gender	Male	58.1	0.7	50.7	1.4	57.3	1.1	61.6	0.9
Gender	Female	74.7	0.5	72.3	1.1	74.6	0.9	75.6	0.8
Race	White, single race	68.3	0.5	60.5	1.1	68.1	0.9	71.0	0.6
	Black, single race	62.1	0.9	63.9	1.8	58.9	1.7	64.0	1.5
	Asian, single race	51.2	1.9	59.6	5.5	51.4	3.9	49.6	2.3
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	61.2	5.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	66.8	3.0	DSU	DSU	65.9	4.9	65.6	4.8
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	69.4	0.5	67.8	1.1	68.8	0.8	70.3	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	71.9	0.5	69.4	1.3	71.4	0.9	72.9	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	62.0	0.9	63.8	1.8	58.7	1.6	64.0	1.5
	Hispanic, all races	48.8	1.0	46.7	1.4	48.0	2.1	52.7	1.9
Family income^b	Negative/poor	65.2	1.2	64.9	1.7	65.5	1.9	65.4	2.3
	Near poor/low	63.3	1.0	60.7	1.6	63.1	1.6	66.4	1.9
	Middle	63.8	0.8	56.6	1.7	65.8	1.2	65.1	1.1
	High	70.5	0.7	64.9	2.4	69.1	1.4	71.6	0.8
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	60.3	0.6	47.1	1.4	58.4	0.9	64.5	0.8
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	68.0	1.0	62.3	1.6	69.2	1.5	71.7	1.6
Health insurance, ages 0-64	Any private	66.6	0.6	59.9	1.6	65.6	1.0	68.1	0.7
	Public only	72.6	1.4	68.9	1.8	74.7	2.6	75.7	2.6
	Uninsured	37.3	1.1	32.5	1.6	38.2	1.7	41.2	2.0
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	87.1	1.3	87.1	2.1	87.0	1.7	87.2	2.5
	Medicare and private	93.0	0.8	91.7	1.7	92.9	1.2	93.4	1.1
	Medicare and other public	91.6	1.5	89.8	2.2	91.7	3.1	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	65.7	0.5	59.4	1.1	65.0	0.9	68.3	0.7
	Large central metro	60.4	0.9	54.6	1.6	59.9	1.4	62.9	1.2
	Large fringe metro	68.2	0.9	61.0	2.2	67.8	1.8	70.1	1.2
	Medium metro	69.3	0.9	64.2	2.1	66.9	1.6	72.8	1.2
	Small metro	69.2	1.5	63.5	3.2	68.6	2.6	72.2	2.1
	Nonmetropolitan	71.5	0.9	68.1	2.1	71.2	1.5	73.7	1.4
	Micropolitan	72.0	1.1	67.7	2.3	71.9	1.8	74.4	1.9
	Noncore	70.4	1.7	68.6	3.5	69.8	2.8	72.3	2.3
Language spoken most often at home	English	69.7	0.5	67.6	1.1	68.7	0.8	70.8	0.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	44.5	1.1	44.7	1.6	41.4	2.0	46.3	2.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	63.7	0.5	54.0	1.1	63.0	0.8	67.0	0.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	87.5	0.7	86.0	1.2	86.8	1.3	89.7	1.3
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	92.2	0.6	91.3	1.1	92.2	1.2	93.0	1.0
	Complex activities	92.3	0.8	91.1	1.3	93.4	1.2	92.3	1.4
	Neither basic nor complex activities	62.6	0.5	53.2	1.1	61.5	0.8	66.2	0.7
U.S. born	Yes	69.8	0.5	66.2	1.1	68.6	0.8	71.5	0.6
U.S. born	No	51.3	1.1	49.3	1.6	49.7	2.0	53.7	1.6

^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 17_1_2-2d: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/17_utilization/T17_1_2-2d.html