Table 12_4_1-2d

2010 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 12_4_1.2d
People with a usual source of care who usually asks about prescription medications and treatments from other doctors, by education,^a United States, 2007
		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		81.6	0.5	80.2	1.0	81.1	0.8	82.3	0.7
Age	18-44	83.0	0.8	82.0	1.5	82.6	1.4	83.5	1.0
	45-64	80.8	0.7	79.6	1.8	80.6	1.3	81.2	1.0
	65 and over	80.0	1.0	78.1	1.8	79.4	1.7	81.6	1.5
Gender	Male	81.3	0.7	80.4	1.4	81.2	1.2	81.7	0.9
Gender	Female	81.8	0.6	80.0	1.2	81.0	0.9	82.8	0.8
Race	White, single race	81.4	0.6	80.2	1.1	80.7	1.0	82.2	0.7
	Black, single race	84.2	1.1	80.7	2.3	84.0	1.7	86.3	1.4
	Asian, single race	77.5	2.6	DSU	DSU	80.7	4.2	77.7	3.2
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	81.8	4.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	80.4	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	79.1	5.4
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	81.4	0.6	78.6	1.2	80.9	0.9	82.3	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	81.1	0.7	78.2	1.5	80.3	1.0	82.2	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	84.0	1.1	80.5	2.3	83.7	1.7	86.2	1.5
	Hispanic, all races	83.3	1.1	84.8	1.5	83.4	2.1	81.5	1.9
Family income^b	Negative/poor	79.4	1.3	77.4	1.9	81.1	2.1	80.5	2.5
	Near poor/low	81.9	1.1	80.7	1.7	82.5	1.8	82.3	1.9
	Middle	81.1	0.8	80.3	1.6	80.9	1.3	81.6	1.1
	High	82.2	0.9	82.6	2.5	80.6	1.4	82.7	1.0
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	82.0	0.7	80.7	1.6	81.4	1.1	82.5	0.8
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	82.0	1.0	81.6	1.6	82.2	1.7	82.1	1.4
Health insurance, ages 0-64	Any private	82.3	0.7	81.9	1.7	81.0	1.2	82.9	0.8
	Public only	81.8	1.3	79.8	1.9	84.6	2.0	81.1	2.7
	Uninsured	80.0	1.6	80.6	2.7	82.7	2.5	77.1	2.6
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	78.2	1.8	78.5	2.9	79.8	2.7	76.1	3.2
	Medicare and private	80.6	1.4	75.7	3.1	79.7	2.0	82.9	1.8
	Medicare and other public	80.2	2.4	79.9	2.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	81.9	0.6	80.7	1.0	81.5	0.9	82.4	0.7
	Large central metro	81.7	1.0	78.0	1.9	81.3	1.5	83.1	1.2
	Large fringe metro	82.5	1.0	84.0	2.1	81.1	1.7	82.8	1.4
	Medium metro	81.0	1.3	81.0	2.3	80.4	1.8	81.4	1.5
	Small metro	82.7	1.6	82.7	2.9	84.7	1.9	81.1	2.2
	Nonmetropolitan	80.0	1.5	78.1	2.5	79.7	2.3	81.3	1.8
	Micropolitan	80.6	1.9	78.6	2.8	80.2	3.0	81.9	2.0
	Noncore	78.9	2.6	77.3	4.1	78.9	3.9	79.9	3.7
Language spoken most often at home	English	81.6	0.6	79.4	1.2	80.8	0.9	82.6	0.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	81.5	1.5	82.9	1.9	85.2	2.7	77.5	2.8
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	81.4	0.6	79.6	1.1	80.9	0.9	82.0	0.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	82.7	1.0	81.6	1.6	81.9	1.9	84.7	1.6
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	82.1	1.0	78.8	1.8	84.4	1.5	82.3	1.6
	Complex activities	81.7	1.4	78.8	2.3	83.4	2.0	82.5	2.2
	Neither basic nor complex activities	81.4	0.6	80.4	1.2	80.5	0.9	82.1	0.7
U.S. born	Yes	81.8	0.6	79.8	1.2	81.2	0.9	82.8	0.7
U.S. born	No	79.8	1.2	81.2	1.9	80.1	2.2	78.8	1.8

^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, 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 B: Detailed Methods.

DSU - 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.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 12_4_1-2d: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/12_patientsafety/T12_4_1-2d.html