Table 11_1_2-3c

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_2.3c
Children who had an appointment for routine health care in the last 12 months who always got appointments for routine care as soon as wanted, by family income,^a United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		72.1	0.9	66.4	2.2	68.9	2.0	72.3	1.6	76.7	1.4
Age	0–5	74.0	1.2	68.9	2.6	67.9	2.6	75.0	2.7	80.4	2.1
Age	6–17	71.0	1.2	64.6	2.6	69.5	2.4	70.9	1.9	74.7	1.9
Gender	Male	72.3	1.1	66.9	2.6	68.1	2.4	73.0	2.1	76.6	1.7
Gender	Female	71.9	1.2	66.0	2.6	69.7	2.5	71.6	2.1	76.7	1.9
Race	White, single race	73.1	1.1	66.1	2.5	69.1	2.1	73.6	1.8	77.2	1.6
	Black, single race	72.5	1.9	69.7	3.9	73.2	3.7	69.9	3.8	80.4	4.1
	Asian, single race	55.6	6.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	68.8	4.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	73.4	1.0	69.3	2.5	69.8	2.5	73.2	1.6	77.0	1.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	75.0	1.2	71.5	3.1	70.5	3.0	74.8	1.9	77.7	1.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	72.8	1.9	69.6	3.9	73.6	3.7	70.3	3.8	81.2	4.2
	Hispanic, all races	65.4	2.1	59.5	3.5	66.5	3.2	66.6	3.7	73.0	5.7
Health insurance	Any private	74.2	1.1	71.5	5.1	70.5	3.1	72.9	1.7	76.7	1.5
	Public only	67.2	1.5	65.3	2.2	68.4	2.6	68.4	3.7	*	*
	Uninsured	70.6	3.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	72.7	1.0	66.1	2.5	69.4	2.2	72.7	1.7	77.4	1.4
	Large central metro	69.9	1.5	61.3	3.7	66.2	3.2	73.3	2.8	75.4	2.8
	Large fringe metro	73.6	1.7	63.4	6.5	71.5	3.7	71.0	3.1	78.3	2.5
	Medium metro	74.1	2.5	72.6	3.6	71.4	5.2	73.1	3.8	77.4	3.4
	Small metro	76.1	2.7	76.7	5.6	73.1	5.3	75.4	5.9	78.5	4.6
	Nonmetropolitan	68.5	2.3	67.7	4.0	66.5	4.3	70.5	3.8	*	*
	Micropolitan	67.9	2.6	69.8	4.0	64.3	5.3	68.9	4.4	*	*
	Noncore	69.6	4.3	64.6	7.8	69.9	6.8	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	73.3	1.0	70.1	2.3	70.8	2.3	72.4	1.7	76.8	1.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	62.8	2.6	51.6	4.2	62.2	3.9	71.5	3.9	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	72.4	0.9	67.1	2.2	69.4	2.0	72.4	1.6	76.7	1.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	63.7	3.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	67.1	1.6	65.7	3.2	64.6	3.3	70.3	3.0	66.1	3.8
CSHCN	No	73.8	1.0	66.5	2.3	70.3	2.1	73.2	1.8	79.9	1.5

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

* - 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_2-3c: 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_2-3c.html