Table 11_1_2-1

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_2.1
Children 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, 2005
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^c	Percent had appointment	Appointment as soon as wanted
				Always		Usually		Sometimes or never
				Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		73,446	68.3	72.1	0.9	20.8	0.8	7.1	0.4
Age	0–5	23,707	78.1	74.0	1.2	20.0	1.1	6.0	0.6
Age	6–17	49,740	63.6	71.0	1.2	21.3	1.0	7.7	0.6
Gender	Male	37,725	68.1	72.3	1.1	20.6	1.0	7.1	0.6
Gender	Female	35,721	68.6	71.9	1.2	21.0	1.1	7.1	0.6
Race	White, single race	56,074	70.0	73.1	1.1	21.1	1.0	5.8	0.4
	Black, single race	11,127	63.9	72.5	1.9	17.5	1.5	10.0	1.1
	Asian, single race	2,920	59.6	55.6	6.2	25.6	4.6	18.7	5.6
	NHOPI, single race	323	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	681	56.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	2,321	67.3	68.8	4.4	25.6	4.0	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	58,835	71.0	73.4	1.0	19.9	0.9	6.6	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	42,381	74.1	75.0	1.2	19.9	1.1	5.0	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	10,838	63.9	72.8	1.9	17.5	1.5	9.8	1.1
	Hispanic	14,612	57.7	65.4	2.1	25.2	1.9	9.3	0.8
Family income^a	Negative/poor	13,351	61.7	66.4	2.2	22.6	1.9	10.9	1.1
	Near poor/low	15,510	63.3	68.9	2.0	21.9	1.6	9.2	1.1
	Middle	23,882	66.5	72.3	1.5	21.5	1.5	6.2	0.8
	High	20,704	78.4	76.7	1.4	18.6	1.2	4.7	0.7
Health insurance	Any private	46,689	72.7	74.2	1.1	20.3	1.0	5.4	0.5
	Public only	22,228	63.8	67.2	1.5	21.7	1.3	11.1	0.9
	Uninsured	4,530	45.3	70.6	3.9	22.5	3.6	6.9	1.8
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	61,986	69.4	72.7	1.0	20.3	0.9	7.0	0.5
	Large central metro	22,637	65.5	69.9	1.5	21.2	1.4	8.9	1.0
	Large fringe metro	19,021	73.4	73.6	1.7	20.9	1.5	5.5	0.7
	Medium metro	14,076	71.2	74.1	2.5	19.0	2.2	6.9	1.1
	Small metro	6,253	67.6	76.1	2.7	18.4	2.8	5.5	1.3
	Nonmetropolitan	11,460	62.4	68.5	2.3	23.9	2.3	7.6	1.0
	Micropolitan	7,410	61.6	67.9	2.6	22.9	2.5	9.2	1.3
	Noncore	4,050	63.9	69.6	4.3	25.6	4.2	4.8	1.4
Language spoken most often at home	English	62,623	70.6	73.3	1.0	20.0	0.9	6.7	0.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	10,773	55.2	62.8	2.6	27.1	2.1	10.0	1.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	71,574	67.8	72.5	1.0	20.7	0.9	6.8	0.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,858	88.1	61.5	3.6	24.2	3.4	14.3	2.6
CSHCN	Yes	14,389	85.6	67.1	1.6	23.9	1.5	9.0	0.9
CSHCN	No	58,351	63.9	73.8	1.0	19.9	0.9	6.4	0.5

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

^c Total child population. Numbers of subpopulation categories 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; CSHCN: children with special health care needs; 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_2-1: 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_2-1.html