Table 14_3_4-12d

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_4.12d
People unable to get or delayed in getting needed prescription medicines due to financial or insurance reasons, by education,^a United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		69.2	2.2	79.2	3.2	72.0	3.1	61.2	3.3
Age	18–44	78.9	3.0	88.3	3.9	83.3	4.4	71.1	5.0
	45–64	68.1	2.6	79.3	4.7	73.1	4.3	58.0	4.2
	65 and over	45.4	5.2	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	64.7	3.7	78.2	4.9	70.7	4.8	50.6	5.8
Gender	Female	71.4	2.3	79.7	4.2	72.7	3.7	65.9	3.8
Race	White, single race	67.5	2.5	78.8	4.0	70.0	3.6	59.5	3.7
	Black, single race	78.0	4.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Asian, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	67.0	2.4	77.2	3.6	70.3	3.3	59.3	3.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	64.7	2.8	75.9	4.6	68.2	3.9	56.9	3.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	77.7	4.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Hispanic	88.3	3.0	88.0	3.8	*	*	*	*
Family income^b	Negative/poor	80.2	3.1	84.0	4.6	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	78.8	3.0	81.7	4.8	*	*	*	*
	Middle	68.9	3.7	*	*	71.4	5.1	63.5	5.8
	High	49.6	4.9	*	*	*	*	43.5	5.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	72.7	2.6	82.4	4.1	78.9	4.0	64.9	4.3
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	75.3	2.6	86.0	3.9	75.4	4.7	*	*
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	65.0	3.3	*	*	70.6	4.7	60.8	4.6
	Public only	73.1	3.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	89.8	2.2	94.2	3.2	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	66.8	2.6	78.5	3.9	68.1	3.6	60.2	3.7
	Large central metro	65.7	4.0	78.0	7.1	*	*	56.7	5.5
	Large fringe metro	66.0	4.2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	66.0	6.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	79.4	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	77.0	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	68.0	2.3	77.2	3.4	70.8	3.2	60.8	3.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	85.4	5.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	67.5	2.6	78.4	4.6	69.8	4.1	61.7	3.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	72.2	2.9	80.0	3.9	75.8	4.4	59.6	5.3
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	68.0	3.1	71.5	6.1	71.1	4.4	62.2	5.0
	Complex activities	70.1	2.8	77.1	4.6	72.2	4.9	*	*
	Neither basic nor complex activities	69.5	2.9	85.6	3.4	72.0	4.3	60.9	4.3

^a Persons age 18 and over. 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.

^b 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.

^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: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; 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_4-12d: 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_4-12d.html