Table 11_1_1-2

2008 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 11_1_1.2
Adults who had an appointment for routine health care in the last 12 months who got appointments for routine care as soon as wanted, United States, 2002
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^d	Percent had appointment	Appointment as soon as wanted
				Always		Usually		Sometimes or never
				Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		211,389	66.6	46.0	0.6	37.2	0.5	16.8	0.4
Age	18–44	109,805	57.5	40.7	0.8	37.9	0.7	21.4	0.6
	45–64	67,411	73.3	46.3	0.9	38.4	0.9	15.3	0.5
	65 and over	34,173	83.3	57.9	1.2	33.5	1.1	8.6	0.6
Gender	Male	101,486	57.6	46.8	0.8	37.4	0.7	15.8	0.6
Gender	Female	109,904	75.0	45.5	0.6	37.0	0.6	17.4	0.5
Race	White, single race	174,268	68.2	45.9	0.6	38.3	0.5	15.8	0.4
	Black, single race	23,794	59.0	51.0	1.4	29.1	1.2	19.8	1.0
	Asian, single race	8,739	56.5	36.5	2.8	33.4	2.5	30.1	2.5
	NHOPI, single race	569	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	1,765	62.6	48.4	6.3	37.4	6.2	14.2	3.3
	Multiple races	2,254	69.6	42.8	4.1	35.7	3.7	21.5	3.8
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	185,541	69.1	46.1	0.6	37.9	0.5	16.0	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	149,367	71.4	45.9	0.7	39.2	0.6	14.9	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	23,442	58.9	51.5	1.5	29.0	1.2	19.6	0.9
	Hispanic	25,849	49.2	45.5	1.5	30.0	1.2	24.5	1.3
Family income^a	Negative/poor	22,136	59.7	48.5	1.5	31.4	1.4	20.1	1.1
	Near poor/low	36,048	61.3	48.6	1.3	34.1	1.2	17.3	0.8
	Middle	66,429	63.3	47.4	0.8	35.7	0.8	16.9	0.7
	High	86,776	73.1	43.8	0.9	40.4	0.8	15.8	0.6
Education^b	Less than high school	44,519	57.5	50.0	1.1	32.4	1.1	17.6	0.8
	High school graduate	69,198	63.6	49.8	0.9	34.9	0.8	15.3	0.6
	At least some college	96,344	72.9	42.2	0.7	40.3	0.7	17.4	0.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	142,664	62.1	42.1	0.7	38.9	0.6	18.9	0.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	34,543	69.4	47.1	1.1	35.0	1.0	17.9	0.8
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	134,592	68.5	42.8	0.7	39.6	0.6	17.6	0.5
	Public only	14,896	68.8	48.2	1.4	30.2	1.5	21.6	1.2
	Uninsured	27,728	36.2	41.8	1.9	32.0	1.8	26.2	1.5
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	9,790	79.7	57.2	2.0	32.0	2.1	10.8	1.3
	Medicare and private	20,417	85.7	57.7	1.6	34.7	1.4	7.6	0.7
	Medicare and other public	3,692	81.4	61.9	2.9	29.5	2.7	8.6	1.4
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	176,407	66.4	45.2	0.7	37.5	0.6	17.3	0.4
	Large central metro	64,336	62.9	44.4	1.1	35.4	0.9	20.2	0.8
	Large fringe metro	50,250	70.0	44.0	1.2	38.8	1.0	17.2	0.8
	Medium metro	43,344	68.0	46.4	1.1	38.5	1.0	15.1	0.8
	Small metro	18,478	64.5	48.0	1.9	38.3	1.8	13.6	1.1
	Nonmetropolitan	34,982	68.0	50.4	1.1	35.7	1.1	13.9	0.7
	Micropolitan	23,481	69.5	50.0	1.4	36.1	1.5	13.9	0.9
	Noncore	11,501	64.8	51.5	2.1	34.8	1.5	13.7	1.4
Language spoken most often at home	English	187,887	69.0	46.2	0.6	38.0	0.5	15.9	0.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	23,440	47.6	44.7	1.9	28.1	1.5	27.2	1.7
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	183,616	64.4	45.9	0.6	37.9	0.5	16.2	0.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	27,773	81.7	47.0	1.1	33.3	1.1	19.7	0.9
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	27,816	83.3	48.8	1.1	36.4	1.1	14.8	0.8
	Complex activities	16,562	83.4	47.8	1.5	34.8	1.4	17.4	1.0
	Neither basic nor complex activities	178,922	63.8	45.5	0.6	37.4	0.5	17.1	0.4

^a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, at or over 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 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.

^c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

^d Total adult population, age 18 and over. Numbers may not add to total due to missing values or rounding.

* - 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 September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_1-2: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/11_timeliness/T11_1_1-2.html