Table 11_1_4-2

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_4.2
Children who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months who got 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	26.2	77.6	1.0	14.9	0.9	7.5	0.5
Age	0–5	23,153	32.2	77.5	1.6	15.7	1.4	6.8	0.9
Age	6–17	49,546	23.3	77.6	1.3	14.4	1.1	8.0	0.7
Gender	Male	37,236	26.9	78.2	1.2	14.1	1.1	7.7	0.7
Gender	Female	35,463	25.3	76.8	1.4	15.8	1.3	7.3	0.8
Race	White, single race	56,132	27.4	77.4	1.1	15.1	1.0	7.4	0.6
	Black, single race	11,123	23.5	80.2	2.3	12.7	1.8	7.1	1.4
	Asian, single race	2,576	14.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	295	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	815	23.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	1,757	23.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	59,402	27.5	78.7	1.1	14.3	1.0	7.0	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	43,463	29.5	79.0	1.3	14.3	1.2	6.7	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	10,859	23.6	80.0	2.3	12.8	1.9	7.2	1.5
	Hispanic	13,297	20.2	70.4	2.4	18.9	2.3	10.6	1.5
Family income^a	Negative/poor	12,438	21.7	69.5	2.8	18.3	2.7	12.2	1.4
	Near poor/low	15,494	23.4	74.5	2.4	16.6	1.9	8.9	1.4
	Middle	25,004	27.9	77.2	1.7	15.0	1.4	7.8	1.1
	High	19,762	28.9	83.7	1.8	12.2	1.5	4.0	0.9
Health insurance	Any private	47,956	28.3	79.3	1.3	14.4	1.1	6.3	0.6
	Public only	19,360	23.3	72.6	2.0	17.3	1.7	10.1	1.1
	Uninsured	5,382	17.3	76.1	4.0	11.7	2.8	12.2	2.9
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	61,800	25.7	77.8	1.1	15.2	1.0	7.1	0.5
	Large central metro	22,159	22.5	75.5	1.8	16.3	1.6	8.2	1.0
	Large fringe metro	18,261	27.4	78.4	1.7	14.5	1.6	7.1	1.1
	Medium metro	14,969	27.9	79.7	2.3	14.1	1.9	6.2	1.0
	Small metro	6,410	27.1	77.8	4.1	16.4	3.8	5.8	1.4
	Nonmetropolitan	10,899	28.6	76.5	2.6	13.8	2.3	9.7	1.5
	Micropolitan	7,270	28.6	76.5	3.1	15.0	2.8	8.6	1.5
	Noncore	3,629	28.5	76.6	4.8	*	*	12.1	3.1
Language spoken most often at home	English	64,808	27.6	78.0	1.0	14.9	0.9	7.2	0.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	7,582	13.6	72.6	3.5	14.9	3.0	12.5	2.6
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	71,080	25.5	77.8	1.0	14.7	0.9	7.5	0.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,619	52.5	72.7	4.3	19.4	3.5	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	14,116	36.6	72.7	2.0	19.1	1.8	8.2	1.2
CSHCN	No	57,966	23.6	79.5	1.2	13.2	1.0	7.3	0.6

^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_4-2: 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_4-2.html