Table 13_1_3-2c

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 13_1_3.2c
Adults who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months who sometimes or never got care as soon as wanted, by family income,^a United States, 2007
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		13.9	0.6	19.6	1.7	16.6	1.3	15.4	1.2	9.8	0.9
Age	18-44	17.3	0.9	26.6	2.6	23.6	2.4	19.5	1.9	8.8	1.4
	45-64	13.7	1.0	16.6	3.0	18.1	2.5	12.9	1.7	12.3	1.4
	65 and over	6.5	0.9	DSU	DSU	6.4	1.7	8.3	2.0	5.5	1.5
Gender	Male	14.1	0.9	17.4	2.6	18.1	2.3	17.5	2.0	9.5	1.2
Gender	Female	13.7	0.7	20.8	2.2	15.6	1.5	13.7	1.4	10.0	1.2
Race	White, single race	13.1	0.6	18.7	2.0	16.1	1.5	14.4	1.4	9.4	0.9
	Black, single race	17.4	1.4	22.3	3.1	16.1	2.8	20.0	3.0	10.6	2.7
	Asian, single race	17.6	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	13.2	0.6	19.4	1.9	16.0	1.5	15.3	1.3	8.9	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	12.0	0.7	18.2	2.4	15.1	1.8	13.9	1.5	8.4	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	17.7	1.4	22.1	3.1	16.6	2.9	20.7	3.2	10.8	2.7
	Hispanic, all races	19.3	1.7	20.6	3.5	20.0	3.0	16.2	3.2	22.1	5.3
Education^b	Less than high school	17.0	1.3	18.6	2.0	16.7	2.2	15.8	2.8	16.3	3.6
	High school graduate	13.9	1.1	18.8	3.1	16.4	2.3	13.3	1.8	11.1	2.0
	At least some college	12.4	0.8	24.6	4.6	16.5	2.6	16.9	2.0	8.4	0.9
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	15.1	0.7	24.1	3.0	24.0	2.4	17.1	1.5	10.0	1.0
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	17.8	1.4	21.7	2.6	16.0	2.5	16.7	2.9	15.1	3.0
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	12.1	0.7	15.3	3.2	17.4	2.3	13.7	1.4	9.8	1.0
	Public only	21.4	2.0	19.8	2.8	19.4	3.4	27.5	5.6	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	29.7	2.2	35.9	4.4	34.0	4.4	29.4	4.0	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	6.6	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	4.9	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	11.1	2.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	13.9	0.6	20.1	2.0	17.9	1.5	15.1	1.3	9.8	0.9
	Large central metro	16.9	1.1	24.5	2.9	22.1	2.7	17.5	2.2	11.3	1.7
	Large fringe metro	11.6	1.1	14.7	4.1	19.1	3.7	13.6	2.4	8.5	1.3
	Medium metro	11.6	1.1	19.1	3.6	12.9	2.5	11.4	2.3	8.7	2.0
	Small metro	16.0	1.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	18.6	3.5	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	13.8	1.6	17.8	3.3	12.2	2.8	17.0	2.9	10.0	2.4
	Micropolitan	14.2	2.0	19.3	4.5	12.4	3.5	16.3	3.2	11.5	3.1
	Noncore	12.8	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	13.5	0.6	20.2	1.9	16.0	1.5	15.8	1.3	9.1	0.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	17.9	2.0	16.2	3.2	19.6	3.6	11.5	2.5	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	12.5	0.6	19.2	2.2	16.4	1.6	13.8	1.3	9.1	0.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	18.2	1.3	20.2	2.6	17.0	2.5	21.2	2.9	14.3	2.3
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	13.5	1.3	17.0	2.8	10.6	1.9	15.5	2.8	11.7	2.2
	Complex activities	16.3	1.6	17.8	2.9	14.2	2.8	17.7	3.5	15.2	3.4
	Neither basic nor complex activities	13.8	0.7	21.5	2.3	19.0	1.8	15.6	1.4	9.2	1.0
U.S. born	Yes	13.3	0.6	19.2	1.8	15.9	1.5	15.6	1.2	8.9	0.9
U.S. born	No	17.5	1.6	21.6	4.1	19.5	3.2	14.1	3.1	17.3	3.2

^a 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.

^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 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 13_1_3-2c: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/13_timeliness/T13_1_3-2c.html