Table 13_1_4-2b

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_4.2b
Children 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 ethnicity, United States, 2007
				Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		8.0	0.8	7.8	0.9	6.8	1.1	8.4	1.7	8.9	1.6
Age	0-5	9.1	1.4	8.9	1.6	9.2	2.1	DSU	DSU	9.8	2.6
Age	6-17	7.2	0.9	7.0	1.1	5.0	1.1	8.2	1.9	8.3	2.2
Gender	Male	6.9	1.0	6.5	1.2	5.6	1.3	DSU	DSU	8.6	1.9
Gender	Female	9.3	1.4	9.3	1.5	8.2	1.9	12.4	3.0	DSU	DSU
Family income^a	Negative/poor	9.5	1.8	9.9	2.1	DSU	DSU	9.5	2.8	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	12.0	2.3	11.6	2.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	13.5	3.7
	Middle	10.7	1.8	10.8	2.1	10.9	2.5	DSU	DSU	10.0	2.9
	High	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance	Any private	5.6	0.9	5.4	0.9	4.4	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Public only	12.7	1.9	13.0	2.3	13.7	3.4	8.8	2.1	11.5	2.7
	Uninsured	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^b	Metropolitan	8.0	0.9	7.7	1.0	6.9	1.2	8.2	1.8	9.2	1.7
	Large central metro	8.1	1.2	7.5	1.5	DSU	DSU	10.6	2.8	9.7	2.4
	Large fringe metro	7.8	1.9	8.0	2.1	8.7	2.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	6.1	1.4	5.7	1.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	7.6	0.9	7.3	0.9	6.5	1.1	8.0	1.7	10.3	2.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	11.6	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	6.9	2.0
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	7.4	0.8	7.2	0.9	6.0	1.0	8.5	1.8	8.6	1.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Children with special health care needs^b	Yes	8.3	1.5	7.5	1.6	7.7	2.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Children with special health care needs^b	No	7.8	1.0	7.8	1.1	6.4	1.3	8.6	2.1	7.5	1.8
U.S. born	Yes	7.8	0.8	7.6	0.9	6.7	1.1	8.5	1.7	9.1	1.7
U.S. born	No	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^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 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: 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_4-2b: 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_4-2b.html