Table 16_3_4-2

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 16_3_4.1
People who identified a hospital, emergency room, or clinic as a source of ongoing care,^a United States, 1999-2004
		2004		2003		2002		2001		2000		1999
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		17.4	0.4	17.2	0.4	16.6	0.4	17.6	0.3	17.1	0.3	17.6	0.3
Age	0-17	20.6	0.5	20.4	0.5	19.0	0.5	20.8	0.5	19.8	0.5	20.7	0.5
	18-44	17.2	0.4	17.3	0.5	17.0	0.5	17.4	0.4	17.1	0.4	17.6	0.4
	45-64	16.1	0.5	15.4	0.5	15.0	0.5	17.0	0.5	16.1	0.5	16.1	0.5
	65 and over	13.9	0.6	13.1	0.6	13.2	0.6	12.6	0.5	13.4	0.6	14.1	0.6
Race	AI/AN only	46.4	4.3	38.1	4.7	51.4	5.3	46.3	5.0	42.4	5.3	48.0	4.3
	Asian only	16.1	1.4	18.3	1.6	16.2	1.5	15.1	1.4	15.5	1.5	16.2	1.6
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	21.2	0.8	23.0	0.8	21.8	0.8	24.2	0.8	24.1	0.8	24.2	0.8
	White only	16.6	0.4	15.9	0.4	15.2	0.4	15.9	0.3	15.3	0.4	16.1	0.4
	Multiple races	20.8	2.0	24.1	2.1	20.2	1.9	18.8	1.8	22.7	2.1	22.4	2.2
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	25.4	0.8	24.7	0.8	22.6	0.7	23.6	0.7	22.3	0.7	23.1	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, all races	16.0	0.4	15.9	0.4	15.6	0.4	16.6	0.3	16.3	0.4	16.9	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	21.1	0.8	22.8	0.8	21.7	0.8	24.0	0.8	24.1	0.8	24.3	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	14.6	0.4	14.1	0.5	14.1	0.4	15.0	0.4	14.6	0.4	15.3	0.4
Gender	Male	17.2	0.4	16.9	0.5	16.3	0.4	17.7	0.4	16.8	0.4	17.2	0.4
Gender	Female	17.7	0.4	17.5	0.4	17.0	0.4	17.6	0.4	17.5	0.4	18.1	0.4
Health insurance,^b ages 0-64	Private	12.8	0.4	12.1	0.4	12.5	0.4	13.7	0.3	13.1	0.4	13.8	0.4
	Public only	35.2	1.0	36.7	1.0	33.7	1.0	36.9	1.0	37.0	1.0	38.8	1.0
	Uninsured	24.7	0.8	24.4	0.8	22.9	0.7	24.6	0.8	24.4	0.8	24.9	0.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	11.4	0.7	10.6	0.7	11.2	0.7	10.9	0.7	11.5	0.7	11.7	0.8
	Medicare and public	25.4	1.8	24.0	1.9	24.1	1.7	25.7	1.9	29.9	2.2	30.8	2.2
	Medicare only	13.8	1.0	13.3	1.1	11.9	1.1	11.3	0.9	12.7	1.0	14.0	1.1
Family income^c	Negative/poor	29.1	0.8	29.5	0.9	26.8	0.9	29.5	0.9	28.4	0.8	29.9	0.8
	Near poor/low	22.3	0.8	22.3	0.7	21.0	0.8	22.7	0.7	22.1	0.7	23.3	0.7
	Middle	15.7	0.5	15.3	0.6	15.2	0.5	16.2	0.4	15.9	0.5	16.2	0.5
	High	11.4	0.5	10.8	0.5	11.4	0.5	11.4	0.5	11.2	0.4	11.4	0.4
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	22.7	0.8	22.6	0.8	21.1	0.8	22.5	0.7	21.8	0.7	21.1	0.8
	High school graduate	15.7	0.6	15.9	0.6	16.2	0.6	16.4	0.5	15.8	0.6	16.7	0.6
	At least some college	14.0	0.4	13.2	0.4	13.0	0.4	13.8	0.4	13.5	0.4	13.9	0.4
Location of residence	Urban	17.2	0.4	16.9	0.4	16.1	0.4	17.2	0.4	16.9	0.4	17.1	0.4
Location of residence	Rural	18.0	0.8	17.7	0.9	17.9	0.9	18.3	0.7	17.5	0.7	19.0	0.7

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.� Age data and health insurance data for age 65 and over are unadjusted.

^b A small number of people who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private" category only.��

^c Negative or poor refers to family incomes below the Federal poverty line for a given household size and composition; near poor/low, 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.

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: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 16_3_4-2: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/16_facilitators_barriers/T16_3_4-2.html