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2011 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_3_4.1
People who identified a hospital, emergency room, or clinic as a source of ongoing care,a United States, 2009
Population groupPercentSE
Total 20.30.4
Age0-1724.00.7
18-4420.90.5
45-6417.90.6
65 and over16.10.8
RaceAI/AN only47.04.5
Asian only17.81.2
NHOPI onlyDSUDSU
Black only25.61.0
White only19.10.5
Multiple races26.92.2
EthnicityHispanic, all races31.71.0
Non-Hispanic, all races18.10.4
  Non-Hispanic, Black25.01.0
  Non-Hispanic, White16.30.5
GenderMale20.30.5
Female20.30.5
Health insurance,b ages 0-64Private14.50.5
Public only37.71.1
Uninsured24.20.8
Health insurance, age 65 and overMedicare and private13.71.1
Medicare and public28.32.0
Medicare only14.91.3
Family incomecNegative/poor33.21.1
Near poor/low26.00.8
Middle18.30.7
High13.40.5
Education, age 25 and overLess than high school26.11.0
High school graduate18.80.7
At least some college15.90.5
Location of residencecMetropolitan19.20.4
  Large central metro22.40.7
  Large fringe metro14.40.7
  Medium metro17.71.0
  Small metro24.42.5
Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)22.62.0
Noncore (nonmetropolitan)30.73.2
Activity limitations,d age 18 and overBasic activities20.20.8
Complex activities23.81.1
No limits in basic or complex18.50.4

a. Estimates are not age adjusted.

b. A small number of people who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private" category only.

c. Negative/poor refers to family 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.

d. For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

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: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

 

Page last reviewed October 2014
Internet Citation: T16_3_4_1: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/16_facilitators_barriers/T16_3_4_1.html

 

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