Table 16_4_7-2c

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 16_4_7.2c
Adults who did not have problems seeing a specialist they needed to see in the last 12 months, 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		73.9	0.7	61.0	2.1	70.3	1.9	72.9	1.4	77.7	1.0
Age	18-44	68.6	1.2	48.9	3.7	55.0	3.3	68.7	2.2	76.1	1.9
	45-64	72.6	1.1	58.5	3.4	64.6	3.7	72.1	2.1	76.0	1.5
	65 and over	83.1	1.2	81.1	3.3	84.7	2.2	80.6	2.5	84.3	1.8
Gender	Male	74.5	1.0	56.5	3.5	69.7	2.8	72.2	1.7	79.5	1.4
Gender	Female	73.4	0.9	63.7	2.6	70.8	2.3	73.4	1.8	76.2	1.3
Race	White, single race	75.0	0.7	60.2	2.6	73.1	2.0	74.2	1.4	78.2	1.1
	Black, single race	70.2	2.3	63.4	3.9	57.0	5.0	69.3	4.5	82.4	3.2
	Asian, single race	57.9	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	62.0	4.9
	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	75.1	0.7	63.3	2.3	71.3	2.1	74.7	1.4	78.2	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	76.6	0.8	63.3	3.0	74.5	2.2	76.6	1.5	78.8	1.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	70.4	2.3	64.0	3.9	57.9	5.1	69.2	4.5	82.2	3.2
	Hispanic, all races	61.2	2.2	51.0	4.6	64.8	3.7	57.6	4.0	69.0	4.5
Education^b	Less than high school	67.7	1.8	62.8	3.3	69.1	3.2	70.2	3.3	67.6	4.9
	High school graduate	74.6	1.4	67.3	3.8	74.8	2.7	73.0	2.3	78.4	2.2
	At least some college	75.2	0.9	52.0	4.3	67.3	3.2	74.2	1.9	78.3	1.1
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	72.2	0.9	46.1	4.1	57.8	3.2	69.9	1.9	77.3	1.2
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	66.0	1.7	58.1	3.2	62.1	4.0	72.0	3.1	68.7	3.2
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	74.9	0.9	66.9	5.1	67.9	3.3	73.4	1.8	76.8	1.2
	Public only	55.9	2.7	56.0	3.4	54.8	5.0	58.4	6.5	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	48.8	2.8	33.1	5.1	39.5	5.7	53.7	5.0	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	83.1	2.1	DSU	DSU	87.4	2.9	76.6	4.7	82.4	4.0
	Medicare and private	85.7	1.6	DSU	DSU	88.1	3.2	84.8	2.9	85.3	2.1
	Medicare and other public	70.9	3.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	74.0	0.7	60.3	2.4	69.3	2.1	72.8	1.5	77.9	1.0
	Large central metro	70.4	1.4	57.0	3.4	62.7	3.7	65.0	3.0	78.2	1.9
	Large fringe metro	75.4	1.4	65.5	5.8	71.7	4.6	73.6	2.6	77.6	1.8
	Medium metro	77.1	1.4	65.9	5.1	73.8	3.5	79.1	2.6	79.0	2.1
	Small metro	73.6	1.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	78.2	3.2	75.4	3.4
	Nonmetropolitan	73.4	2.2	63.4	4.7	74.6	4.2	73.4	3.5	76.4	3.4
	Micropolitan	74.1	2.8	63.5	5.6	74.6	4.9	74.9	4.5	77.3	4.5
	Noncore	71.9	2.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	70.6	5.1	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	75.4	0.7	62.3	2.3	72.6	2.0	74.6	1.4	78.5	1.0
Language spoken most often at home	Other	55.7	2.6	54.5	4.9	55.4	4.8	54.7	4.7	58.1	6.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	76.5	0.7	64.4	2.7	72.2	2.3	75.1	1.4	79.5	1.1
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	63.7	1.5	56.7	3.1	66.7	3.3	64.9	2.9	64.8	2.7
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	71.8	1.4	64.2	3.3	77.3	2.7	71.1	2.7	72.1	2.7
	Complex activities	65.1	2.1	60.9	3.4	70.0	4.0	66.8	3.8	62.8	4.6
	Neither basic nor complex activities	74.6	0.8	58.8	3.1	67.3	2.5	73.3	1.5	78.6	1.1
U.S. born	Yes	75.4	0.7	62.7	2.3	72.8	2.1	75.0	1.4	78.4	1.1
U.S. born	No	63.2	2.0	54.2	4.9	58.0	4.2	58.7	4.3	71.8	3.0

^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 16_4_7-2c: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/16_facilitators_barriers/T16_4_7-2c.html