Table 17_1_1-2d

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 17_1_1.2d
People who had an office-based or outpatient department visit in the calendar year,^a by education,^b United States, 2007
		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		73.1	0.4	64.2	1.0	70.2	0.7	78.1	0.6
Age	18-44	62.8	0.7	50.0	1.4	57.2	1.0	70.9	0.9
	45-64	78.6	0.6	70.9	1.4	75.6	1.0	82.3	0.9
	65 and over	91.8	0.6	88.5	1.2	91.4	1.0	94.2	0.8
Gender	Male	64.4	0.6	53.4	1.3	60.6	1.1	71.0	0.9
Gender	Female	81.3	0.5	75.6	1.1	79.1	0.8	84.6	0.6
Race	White, single race	74.7	0.5	64.4	1.1	72.3	0.8	79.6	0.6
	Black, single race	66.3	0.9	62.5	1.6	61.5	1.7	73.0	1.5
	Asian, single race	65.1	2.1	67.3	5.4	55.7	3.8	67.2	2.4
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	59.7	4.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	72.6	2.7	DSU	DSU	70.0	4.5	80.2	3.9
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	75.7	0.4	70.6	1.1	72.4	0.7	79.0	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	78.1	0.5	73.6	1.2	75.3	0.9	80.7	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	66.2	0.9	62.4	1.7	61.2	1.7	73.0	1.5
	Hispanic, all races	56.4	1.2	50.1	1.5	53.8	1.8	68.1	1.9
Family income^c	Negative/poor	67.7	1.2	65.0	1.7	68.7	1.7	70.7	2.3
	Near poor/low	66.8	0.9	61.9	1.5	65.4	1.4	73.7	1.6
	Middle	70.9	0.7	62.6	1.7	68.7	1.2	76.0	1.0
	High	78.7	0.6	69.9	2.3	75.6	1.2	80.7	0.7
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	68.4	0.6	50.9	1.5	63.5	0.9	75.1	0.7
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	73.2	0.9	66.9	1.5	71.7	1.5	79.6	1.4
Health insurance, ages 0-64	Any private	75.2	0.5	66.7	1.4	70.7	0.9	78.6	0.7
	Public only	76.5	1.1	71.9	1.7	78.9	1.7	80.8	2.3
	Uninsured	41.9	1.2	33.7	1.9	41.1	1.7	51.0	2.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	88.8	1.1	84.5	2.3	89.2	1.6	92.2	1.9
	Medicare and private	94.4	0.7	93.3	1.6	94.0	1.1	95.0	0.9
	Medicare and other public	91.5	1.3	90.6	1.9	88.1	4.4	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	72.8	0.5	63.1	1.1	69.4	0.8	78.0	0.6
	Large central metro	68.2	0.8	57.2	1.7	64.2	1.5	74.4	1.0
	Large fringe metro	76.2	0.8	67.6	2.1	71.9	1.5	80.3	1.0
	Medium metro	74.5	0.9	66.5	2.1	70.8	1.6	79.8	1.2
	Small metro	75.7	1.5	68.1	3.1	74.4	2.3	80.1	2.1
	Nonmetropolitan	74.6	1.1	68.4	1.9	73.5	1.4	79.2	1.7
	Micropolitan	75.0	1.4	68.2	2.4	74.3	1.7	79.3	2.1
	Noncore	73.7	1.8	68.7	3.0	71.8	2.8	79.1	2.5
Language spoken most often at home	English	75.9	0.4	69.3	1.0	72.5	0.7	79.7	0.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	53.8	1.3	51.2	1.9	49.3	2.3	60.6	2.2
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	71.1	0.5	58.3	1.2	67.7	0.8	77.0	0.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	87.2	0.8	84.3	1.3	86.2	1.3	90.9	1.3
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	92.9	0.6	90.4	1.1	91.9	1.1	95.5	0.8
	Complex activities	92.0	0.8	89.9	1.4	92.8	1.2	93.0	1.3
	Neither basic nor complex activities	70.2	0.5	57.2	1.1	66.5	0.8	76.3	0.6
U.S. born	Yes	75.7	0.4	68.6	1.0	72.1	0.8	79.9	0.6
U.S. born	No	61.1	1.3	53.6	1.8	58.4	1.9	68.3	1.7

^a Includes physician and nonphysician office-based visits; physician and nonphysician outpatient department visits; and inpatient visits where the admission date was the same as the discharge date ("zero night" stays).

^b Persons age 18 and over. 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 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.

^d For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data qualiy, 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 17_1_1-2d: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/17_utilization/T17_1_1-2d.html