Table 14_3_4-6d

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_4.6d
People unable to get or delayed in getting needed medical care 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		58.1	1.7	68.7	2.7	63.6	2.6	49.4	2.8
Age	18–44	66.1	2.5	75.9	3.8	75.1	3.9	56.2	3.6
	45–64	58.3	2.5	76.6	3.6	57.8	4.1	50.1	4.6
	65 and over	21.1	3.7	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	56.3	2.6	67.9	4.2	66.4	3.9	44.3	4.3
Gender	Female	59.3	2.0	69.3	3.3	61.9	3.3	52.9	3.2
Race	White, single race	57.1	1.9	67.6	3.1	61.7	3.0	49.4	3.0
	Black, single race	70.2	4.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Asian, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	55.5	1.9	64.6	3.3	61.7	2.8	48.1	2.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	53.8	2.0	62.1	3.9	59.0	3.2	47.8	3.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	69.7	4.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Hispanic	77.6	3.5	82.3	4.4	*	*	*	*
Family income^b	Negative/poor	73.9	3.2	74.7	4.6	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	70.8	3.0	72.5	4.0	77.4	3.9	61.4	5.6
	Middle	59.2	3.3	*	*	63.3	5.4	53.0	5.0
	High	32.1	3.8	*	*	*	*	31.9	4.4
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	62.5	2.2	79.4	3.4	65.7	3.4	54.3	3.4
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	62.5	2.9	71.1	3.9	69.6	4.9	51.0	5.3
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	45.5	2.7	*	*	44.0	4.2	42.5	3.5
	Public only	62.0	3.6	57.1	5.5	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	88.9	2.0	90.7	2.8	91.5	2.6	84.1	4.6
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	58.0	1.9	68.5	3.0	63.6	2.9	49.9	3.0
	Large central metro	56.4	3.1	69.8	4.7	67.1	4.5	44.7	4.7
	Large fringe metro	59.2	3.6	*	*	*	*	51.4	6.0
	Medium metro	60.3	3.3	*	*	*	*	55.4	5.8
	Small metro	55.2	5.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	58.6	4.2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	56.7	5.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	61.6	5.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	55.5	1.8	64.6	3.1	61.7	2.8	47.6	2.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	81.9	3.8	86.9	4.6	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	58.0	2.1	68.5	4.1	63.3	3.2	51.0	3.1
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	58.3	2.8	68.8	3.9	64.2	5.0	44.6	4.4
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	55.7	2.9	56.9	4.9	64.6	4.6	48.7	5.0
	Complex activities	58.1	3.3	63.7	5.3	70.0	5.3	45.7	5.4
	Neither basic nor complex activities	58.8	2.1	76.7	3.6	61.6	3.4	49.9	3.2

^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_4-6d: 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_4-6d.html