Table 14_3_3-2b

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 14_3_3.2b
People in fair or poor health with a specific source of ongoing care,^a by ethnicity, United States, 2006
Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		85.0	1.0	87.4	1.2	87.5	1.7	87.0	1.9	76.0	1.9
Age, not age adjusted	0–17	92.3	2.5	93.5	3.2	93.1	5.2	92.3	4.6	89.3	3.7
	18–44	73.9	1.9	78.7	2.1	79.1	2.6	78.9	3.5	58.1	3.9
	45–64	89.3	1.0	90.6	1.0	90.9	1.2	90.1	2.0	81.1	3.0
	65 and over	97.8	0.4	98.0	0.4	98.2	0.5	96.7	1.0	95.3	2.2
Gender	Male	81.2	1.7	83.6	2.2	83.6	3.1	84.1	3.7	72.8	2.7
Gender	Female	88.2	1.1	90.5	1.0	90.9	1.3	89.2	1.6	78.5	2.7
Health insurance,^b ages 0–64	Private	93.5	1.0	93.7	1.1	94.1	1.3	95.4	2.0	92.2	2.4
	Public	93.9	1.1	95.1	1.1	95.4	1.6	95.1	1.4	88.3	3.3
	Uninsured	48.5	4.5	46.8	5.9	46.6	9.0	43.5	7.2	48.3	5.2
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	98.9	0.5	98.8	0.5	99.0	0.5	97.3	1.7	*	*
	Medicare and public	97.5	0.9	97.8	1.0	97.7	1.4	97.4	1.3	95.0	2.6
	Medicare only	97.3	0.9	97.1	1.0	97.2	1.3	96.2	1.7	98.5	1.5
Family income^c	Negative/poor	82.0	1.7	84.2	2.0	84.4	2.6	83.4	3.0	75.8	3.0
	Near poor/low	82.9	2.4	86.6	2.9	83.8	4.7	90.1	2.8	71.4	4.3
	Middle	87.2	2.0	89.5	2.0	90.0	2.4	90.4	3.3	78.8	4.8
	High	92.9	1.7	93.1	1.7	94.9	1.5	91.8	4.8	90.9	6.1
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	80.6	2.0	86.8	2.3	84.9	3.2	89.6	3.0	69.4	3.2
	High school graduate	84.5	1.9	85.6	2.1	85.5	2.7	85.5	3.2	78.1	4.9
	At least some college	88.5	1.4	89.1	1.4	91.0	1.6	89.2	2.7	81.5	4.6
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	84.3	1.2	86.4	1.5	86.2	2.6	86.5	2.0	77.6	1.9
	Large central metro	82.4	1.8	86.1	2.5	89.9	2.4	85.1	3.5	76.9	2.5
	Large fringe metro	88.8	1.9	90.4	1.9	92.0	1.9	84.3	5.1	79.4	5.3
	Medium metro	85.6	2.0	87.0	2.1	87.1	2.4	85.8	3.9	78.9	5.2
	Small metro	80.2	4.2	81.4	4.5	72.7	8.2	91.9	3.3	*	*
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	85.9	2.6	87.7	2.8	86.1	3.3	98.8	0.6	*	*
	Noncore (nonmetro)	88.8	2.3	93.1	2.3	94.5	2.3	*	*	*	*
Activity limitations, age 18 and over^d	Basic activities	91.2	1.0	92.2	1.1	92.2	1.2	93.3	1.8	85.2	3.0
	Complex activities	89.9	1.3	89.8	1.4	90.0	1.7	89.9	2.3	90.4	2.5
	Neither basic nor complex activities	75.9	1.7	80.6	2.0	80.7	2.6	80.0	3.4	61.4	3.5

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.

^b A small number of persons who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private health insurance" category only.

^c 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. Missing values for family income were imputed using multiple imputation methodology. A small number of persons were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.

^d For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 14_3_3-2b: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/14_facilitators_barrierstocare/T14_3_3-2b.html