Table 11_1_2-2

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_2.2
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, 2002
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		72,699	68.6	66.9	0.9	22.9	0.7	10.2	0.5
Age	0–5	23,153	78.2	70.2	1.2	20.7	1.0	9.0	0.8
Age	6–17	49,546	64.1	64.9	1.1	24.1	0.9	10.9	0.6
Gender	Male	37,236	68.2	67.1	1.0	22.3	0.8	10.6	0.6
Gender	Female	35,463	68.9	66.6	1.1	23.5	1.0	9.9	0.6
Race	White, single race	56,132	70.5	66.9	0.9	23.4	0.8	9.7	0.5
	Black, single race	11,123	60.0	70.1	2.4	18.9	2.1	11.0	1.2
	Asian, single race	2,576	60.3	55.2	4.6	24.4	2.8	20.4	4.2
	NHOPI, single race	295	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	815	57.5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	1,757	76.7	63.9	5.0	26.5	4.6	9.6	2.5
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	59,402	70.7	68.1	0.9	22.4	0.8	9.5	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	43,463	74.1	68.6	1.0	22.7	0.9	8.7	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	10,859	59.7	70.3	2.4	18.9	2.1	10.8	1.2
	Hispanic	13,297	59.1	60.4	2.1	25.5	1.6	14.1	1.3
Family income^a	Negative/poor	12,438	58.1	62.9	2.2	23.0	2.0	14.2	1.3
	Near poor/low	15,494	61.3	66.6	1.6	20.5	1.4	12.8	1.1
	Middle	25,004	70.7	66.7	1.4	23.5	1.2	9.8	0.8
	High	19,762	78.2	69.1	1.6	23.6	1.5	7.3	0.8
Health insurance	Any private	47,956	73.4	67.9	1.0	23.1	0.9	9.0	0.6
	Public only	19,360	63.0	64.2	1.6	22.7	1.4	13.1	1.1
	Uninsured	5,382	45.5	65.1	3.4	21.3	2.9	13.5	2.4
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	61,800	68.9	66.0	1.0	23.1	0.8	10.9	0.5
	Large central metro	22,159	66.7	62.8	1.8	23.9	1.5	13.4	1.0
	Large fringe metro	18,261	71.5	67.9	1.7	22.8	1.5	9.3	1.0
	Medium metro	14,969	69.7	69.2	2.0	21.7	1.6	9.1	0.9
	Small metro	6,410	67.4	63.5	3.6	25.1	3.1	11.4	1.8
	Nonmetropolitan	10,899	66.8	71.9	1.7	21.5	1.7	6.6	1.0
	Micropolitan	7,270	67.3	71.7	2.3	21.4	2.3	6.8	1.1
	Noncore	3,629	65.7	72.4	2.7	21.6	2.8	6.0	1.7
Language spoken most often at home	English	64,808	69.9	67.1	0.9	23.1	0.8	9.9	0.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	7,582	56.8	64.0	2.5	21.7	2.0	14.3	1.8
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	71,080	68.3	67.0	0.9	22.9	0.7	10.0	0.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,619	81.3	59.8	3.7	22.9	3.3	17.3	2.6
CSHCN	Yes	14,116	84.3	62.0	1.7	25.8	1.4	12.2	1.0
CSHCN	No	57,966	64.8	68.5	0.9	21.8	0.8	9.7	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_2-2: 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_2-2.html