Table 14_3_4-12b

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_4.12b
People unable to get or delayed in getting needed prescription medicines due to financial or insurance reasons, by ethnicity, United States, 2005
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		68.4	2.1	66.1	2.3	63.7	2.7	76.4	3.8	88.0	2.8
Age	0–17	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	18–44	78.9	3.0	77.5	3.3	74.9	3.9	*	*	*	*
	45–64	68.1	2.6	65.7	2.9	64.2	3.4	*	*	*	*
	65 and over	46.2	5.3	44.5	5.5	40.3	5.9	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	64.2	3.4	61.2	3.6	57.7	4.2	*	*	*	*
Gender	Female	70.7	2.3	68.8	2.5	67.1	2.9	76.5	4.9	87.0	3.5
Family income^a	Negative/poor	79.9	3.1	79.6	3.6	78.9	4.5	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	78.4	2.9	76.0	3.3	76.2	4.2	*	*	*	*
	Middle	66.6	3.4	64.0	3.6	62.5	4.0	*	*	*	*
	High	50.3	4.9	48.6	5.1	45.8	5.5	*	*	*	*
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	79.2	3.2	77.2	3.6	75.9	4.6	*	*	88.0	3.8
	High school graduate	72.0	3.1	70.3	3.3	68.2	3.9	*	*	*	*
	At least some college	61.2	3.3	59.3	3.5	56.9	3.9	*	*	*	*
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	72.7	2.6	70.9	2.8	68.9	3.3	*	*	*	*
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	75.3	2.6	72.9	2.9	70.6	3.4	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	63.8	3.1	62.2	3.3	59.3	3.8	*	*	*	*
	Public only	71.1	3.1	69.8	3.4	70.4	4.4	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	89.6	2.2	87.7	2.6	87.6	3.3	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	66.1	2.5	63.2	2.7	60.3	3.2	74.6	4.3	87.4	3.0
	Large central metro	65.1	3.9	60.3	4.4	53.3	6.0	*	*	82.4	4.5
	Large fringe metro	64.6	3.9	61.7	4.2	60.2	4.3	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	65.0	5.6	63.6	5.8	60.9	6.4	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	76.3	5.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	78.7	3.3	78.0	3.4	76.4	3.9	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	77.3	4.1	76.0	4.3	74.3	5.1	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	67.0	2.2	66.0	2.3	63.5	2.7	76.9	3.9	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	Other	86.7	4.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	94.4	2.3
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	66.4	2.5	63.8	2.7	61.2	3.2	73.9	4.8	89.5	3.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	72.2	2.9	70.6	3.1	69.0	3.8	79.5	4.5	*	*
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	68.1	3.1	67.0	3.2	65.7	4.0	70.5	6.3	*	*
	Complex activities	70.1	2.8	69.1	3.1	67.0	3.9	*	*	*	*
	Neither basic nor complex activities	69.5	2.9	66.2	3.2	63.3	3.6	*	*	93.5	3.3

^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 Less than high school refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.

^c 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: 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 14_3_4-12b: 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_4-12b.html