Table 16_3_4-3a

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_4.3a
People who identified a hospital, emergency room, or clinic as a source of ongoing care,^a by race, United States, 2008
				Single race
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		19.8	0.4	18.8	0.5	23.7	0.9	17.9	1.6	DSU	DSU	49.7	5.9	23.8	2.3
Age	0-17	24.4	0.7	22.9	0.8	29.3	1.6	19.7	2.8	DSU	DSU	56.3	7.9	23.4	2.9
	18-44	19.6	0.6	18.8	0.6	22.0	1.3	17.7	1.9	DSU	DSU	48.8	7.1	23.3	3.7
	45-64	18.0	0.6	16.7	0.6	24.3	1.8	19.0	2.6	DSU	DSU	50.7	8.7	22.6	5.1
	65 and over	14.3	0.7	13.9	0.8	16.3	1.7	13.5	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	19.8	0.5	18.8	0.5	23.1	1.1	17.1	1.7	DSU	DSU	54.0	6.8	23.7	2.9
Gender	Male	20.0	0.5	18.9	0.6	24.4	1.3	18.8	2.2	DSU	DSU	43.4	5.4	23.9	3.2
Health insurance,^b ages 0-64	Private	14.7	0.5	14.4	0.6	16.0	1.1	13.8	1.6	DSU	DSU	44.6	8.2	16.2	2.5
	Public only	37.8	1.2	36.7	1.4	36.6	2.1	47.0	5.7	DSU	DSU	61.8	7.9	43.2	6.4
	Uninsured	26.0	1.1	24.9	1.2	29.9	2.4	18.4	3.2	DSU	DSU	50.5	5.7	28.3	7.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	12.5	1.0	12.9	1.0	8.5	2.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and public	27.2	2.1	26.8	2.5	29.1	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare only	11.8	1.0	10.5	1.0	16.8	2.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Family income^c	Negative/poor	32.3	1.2	31.3	1.4	34.1	1.8	28.6	3.9	DSU	DSU	54.0	9.2	35.7	6.3
	Near poor/low	26.3	0.9	24.8	1.1	29.3	2.0	25.6	3.9	DSU	DSU	52.3	7.1	40.5	6.1
	Middle	18.1	0.7	17.7	0.8	17.5	1.6	20.1	2.6	DSU	DSU	48.9	7.5	21.4	3.9
	High	12.6	0.5	12.5	0.5	15.5	1.8	10.0	1.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	12.1	2.6
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	26.3	1.1	24.7	1.2	31.8	2.9	26.7	4.6	DSU	DSU	52.9	7.5	DSU	DSU
	High school graduate	18.2	0.8	16.6	0.8	22.5	1.8	20.4	4.4	DSU	DSU	44.0	8.3	26.3	6.6
	At least some college	15.1	0.5	14.8	0.5	17.0	1.2	13.8	1.5	DSU	DSU	35.1	6.6	19.5	3.3
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	18.7	0.5	17.4	0.5	24.8	1.0	16.7	1.3	DSU	DSU	43.6	4.9	22.8	2.4
	Large central metro	21.0	0.7	19.0	0.8	28.7	1.5	19.7	2.0	DSU	DSU	34.7	7.2	21.2	3.6
	Large fringe metro	14.2	0.6	13.3	0.7	18.3	2.0	12.8	2.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	18.4	4.8
	Medium metro	17.0	0.8	15.4	0.9	25.3	2.2	13.9	2.8	DSU	DSU	46.1	9.3	16.4	4.2
	Small metro	26.7	2.4	26.7	2.5	22.1	3.0	19.8	4.4	DSU	DSU	43.0	7.8	37.7	5.6
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	22.5	2.3	23.2	2.5	13.6	2.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	26.0	5.6
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	29.3	3.6	27.5	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	75.0	10.0	DSU	DSU
Activity limitations,^d age 18 and over	Basic activities	24.6	2.1	23.8	2.6	26.7	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Complex activities	24.2	1.3	23.2	1.5	26.8	2.7	34.7	8.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	26.6	6.9
	Neither basic nor complex activities	17.3	0.5	16.5	0.5	21.0	1.1	16.3	1.5	DSU	DSU	44.8	5.7	19.3	2.9

^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.

^d For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.��

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_4-3a: 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_4-3a.html