Table 11_1_2-4c

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_2.4c
Children who had an appointment for routine health care in the last 12 months who usually 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		20.8	0.8	22.6	1.9	21.9	1.6	21.5	1.5	18.6	1.2
Age	0–5	20.0	1.1	21.0	2.3	22.6	2.3	19.4	2.4	18.3	2.1
Age	6–17	21.3	1.0	23.9	2.4	21.4	1.9	22.6	1.8	18.7	1.5
Gender	Male	20.6	1.0	21.6	2.2	22.1	2.1	20.9	2.0	19.0	1.6
Gender	Female	21.0	1.1	23.6	2.4	21.7	2.0	22.1	2.0	18.2	1.8
Race	White, single race	21.1	1.0	23.6	2.1	22.7	2.0	22.1	1.7	18.4	1.4
	Black, single race	17.5	1.5	17.8	3.2	17.1	2.7	20.2	4.0	14.0	3.4
	Asian, single race	25.6	4.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	25.6	4.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	19.9	0.9	20.6	2.2	20.8	2.0	20.9	1.6	18.3	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	19.9	1.1	20.2	2.7	21.4	2.7	21.4	1.8	18.1	1.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	17.5	1.5	18.0	3.3	17.0	2.7	19.8	4.0	13.7	3.5
	Hispanic, all races	25.2	1.9	27.5	3.1	24.7	3.2	25.3	3.1	21.7	5.2
Health insurance	Any private	20.3	1.0	19.8	4.6	21.2	2.7	21.8	1.7	18.9	1.2
	Public only	21.7	1.3	23.2	1.9	21.9	2.1	19.3	2.9	*	*
	Uninsured	22.5	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	20.3	0.9	22.7	2.2	21.9	1.9	20.6	1.6	18.1	1.2
	Large central metro	21.2	1.4	26.2	3.3	23.9	2.8	17.3	2.3	19.7	2.5
	Large fringe metro	20.9	1.5	24.0	5.6	22.2	3.3	22.9	3.2	18.4	2.0
	Medium metro	19.0	2.2	17.3	3.0	19.6	4.6	21.1	3.6	17.5	2.8
	Small metro	18.4	2.8	18.6	5.4	18.8	4.8	23.4	5.9	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	23.9	2.3	22.1	3.3	21.8	3.8	26.0	3.9	*	*
	Micropolitan	22.9	2.5	20.7	3.2	19.9	4.4	26.4	4.4	*	*
	Noncore	25.6	4.2	24.1	6.4	24.5	6.9	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	20.0	0.9	19.3	1.9	20.5	1.9	21.7	1.6	18.5	1.3
Language spoken most often at home	Other	27.1	2.1	36.1	3.8	26.7	3.6	20.3	3.4	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	20.6	0.8	21.7	2.0	21.5	1.7	21.4	1.5	18.6	1.2
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	27.6	3.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	23.9	1.5	21.8	2.6	24.7	2.9	21.6	2.9	27.2	3.5
CSHCN	No	19.9	0.9	23.2	2.2	20.8	1.8	21.6	1.7	16.1	1.3

^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_2-4c: 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_2-4c.html