Table 16_4_7-1

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_4_7.1
Adults who did not have problems seeing a specialist they needed to see in the last 12 months,^a United States, 2002-2007
		2007		2006		2005		2004		2003		2002
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		72.0	0.8	70.1	0.8	70.1	0.7	71.2	0.7	71.3	0.8	68.9	0.6
Age	18-64	69.7	0.9	67.0	0.9	67.5	0.8	68.8	0.8	68.8	0.9	66.5	0.7
	18-44	68.6	1.2	63.9	1.2	65.2	1.1	67.4	1.2	67.2	1.2	63.8	1.0
	45-64	71.7	1.1	72.5	1.0	71.7	1.2	71.1	1.0	71.7	1.1	71.3	0.9
	65 and over	83.1	1.2	84.9	1.0	82.5	1.0	83.1	1.1	83.1	1.1	80.3	1.0
Gender	Male	72.8	1.1	69.9	1.2	69.7	1.1	69.2	1.1	69.5	1.1	68.9	0.9
Gender	Female	71.5	1.0	70.2	1.0	70.3	0.8	72.7	0.8	72.5	0.9	68.8	0.8
Race	White, single race	73.1	0.8	71.6	0.8	71.5	0.7	73.0	0.8	72.4	0.8	70.2	0.7
	Black, single race	69.0	2.5	67.8	2.1	63.4	2.1	64.2	2.1	67.7	2.2	66.0	2.0
	Asian, single race	57.0	3.6	45.5	5.1	53.4	4.6	55.7	4.1	59.0	4.6	46.9	4.6
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	71.9	5.5	56.1	5.2	60.0	5.7	56.1	5.7
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	73.2	0.8	71.1	0.9	71.3	0.7	72.3	0.8	72.3	0.8	70.0	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	74.6	0.9	73.0	0.9	73.2	0.8	74.5	0.9	73.7	0.9	71.7	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	69.2	2.5	67.6	2.1	63.6	2.1	64.3	2.2	67.9	2.1	66.4	1.9
	Hispanic, all races	61.3	2.2	60.2	2.1	59.2	2.0	61.4	2.0	60.6	2.3	57.7	1.9
Family income^b	Negative/poor	57.0	2.2	59.9	2.1	52.4	2.0	60.1	2.0	61.8	1.9	57.8	2.0
	Near poor/low	62.5	2.2	62.0	1.9	64.2	1.8	65.3	1.6	66.4	2.1	63.0	1.6
	Middle	71.6	1.5	70.2	1.5	70.1	1.3	71.5	1.3	71.7	1.2	69.5	1.1
	High	77.2	1.1	74.3	1.2	75.4	1.0	75.1	1.2	74.0	1.1	71.8	1.0
Education^c	Less than high school	62.8	2.1	63.4	2.0	60.2	1.9	62.3	1.8	61.0	2.0	62.6	1.5
	High school graduate	71.2	1.7	70.8	1.5	71.4	1.3	73.4	1.3	72.0	1.4	70.1	1.1
	At least some college	74.1	1.0	71.4	1.1	71.7	1.0	71.8	0.9	73.2	1.0	69.8	0.9
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	71.6	1.0	68.5	1.0	68.7	0.9	70.3	0.9	70.1	0.9	67.6	0.8
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	61.7	2.0	61.5	1.8	62.6	1.8	62.2	1.7	63.6	2.1	62.2	1.6
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	74.3	1.0	71.5	1.0	71.3	0.9	72.8	1.0	72.1	0.9	69.8	0.8
	Public only	53.6	2.9	53.5	2.5	52.5	2.3	56.1	2.3	61.1	2.4	56.9	2.4
	Uninsured	47.8	2.9	43.8	2.6	51.1	2.7	45.6	3.0	48.7	2.6	45.4	2.5
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	83.1	2.1	87.2	1.9	80.5	2.1	83.2	2.0	82.7	2.3	76.8	2.2
	Medicare and private	85.7	1.6	86.1	1.2	85.3	1.2	84.7	1.3	85.2	1.4	82.9	1.3
	Medicare and other public	70.7	3.9	72.1	3.8	70.7	3.8	72.4	4.0	69.1	3.9	73.8	3.2
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	72.3	0.8	70.4	0.9	69.5	0.7	70.8	0.8	70.9	0.9	68.2	0.7
	Large central metro	69.0	1.5	64.5	1.5	66.0	1.3	64.6	1.3	65.9	1.4	65.0	1.2
	Large fringe metro	74.7	1.4	73.7	1.5	70.6	1.4	73.9	1.5	72.2	1.5	69.9	1.2
	Medium metro	74.6	1.5	74.2	1.8	72.4	1.3	73.9	1.5	74.7	1.8	70.5	1.6
	Small metro	69.9	2.3	71.5	2.3	70.9	2.4	74.1	2.2	74.7	2.9	68.4	2.0
	Nonmetropolitan	69.8	2.8	67.9	1.6	73.6	1.8	73.0	1.9	73.0	1.5	72.3	1.6
	Micropolitan	71.2	3.5	66.5	2.3	73.9	1.9	73.7	2.4	73.6	1.9	73.2	2.1
	Noncore	68.0	3.7	70.5	2.7	72.5	4.1	71.7	2.5	72.0	2.7	70.2	2.4
Language spoken most often at home	English	73.6	0.8	71.6	0.8	71.4	0.7	72.7	0.8	73.0	0.8	70.6	0.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	54.4	2.7	49.3	2.7	53.8	2.8	52.5	2.4	50.1	2.6	49.7	2.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	75.1	0.8	72.3	0.9	73.3	0.8	73.8	0.8	74.5	0.8	71.4	0.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	56.4	2.0	60.3	1.8	56.1	1.9	60.6	1.8	57.3	1.8	58.1	1.5
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	60.0	2.6	62.6	2.3	63.9	1.8	60.7	2.0	64.1	2.0	60.2	2.0
	Complex activities	57.6	2.6	59.5	2.2	61.0	2.2	61.4	2.1	62.0	2.2	60.1	1.9
	Neither basic nor complex activities	73.6	0.8	71.7	0.8	71.7	0.8	73.1	0.8	73.2	0.8	70.9	0.7
U.S. born	Yes	73.5	0.8	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	73.2	0.8	70.7	0.6
U.S. born	No	62.0	2.1	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	58.0	2.0	55.6	2.2

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population using five age groups: 18-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65-74, and 75 and over.

^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 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.

^d For more information, see Appendix B, Detailed Methods.

DNC - Data have not been collected.

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 16_4_7-1: 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_4_7-1.html