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2011 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 13_1_1.2c
Adults who made an appointment for routine health care in the last 12 months who sometimes or never got an appointment as soon as wanted,^a by family income,^b United States, 2008
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		15.6	0.4	20.7	1.2	18.0	1.0	16.1	0.8	13.4	0.7
Age	18-44	20.1	0.8	24.0	1.8	23.8	1.6	19.8	1.4	17.7	1.4
	45-64	14.6	0.7	21.7	2.3	18.7	2.2	16.2	1.4	12.1	0.9
	65 and over	8.4	0.6	11.1	2.2	10.2	1.3	7.2	1.3	7.7	1.1
Gender	Male	16.4	0.7	21.2	2.5	21.2	1.7	17.2	1.2	14.0	1.0
Gender	Female	15.0	0.5	20.4	1.4	16.2	1.1	15.3	1.1	12.8	0.8
Race	White, single race	14.4	0.5	19.2	1.5	17.5	1.1	14.8	0.9	12.3	0.8
	Black, single race	20.1	1.0	24.8	2.3	19.9	2.3	21.0	1.9	16.2	2.0
	Asian, single race	29.9	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	30.7	5.3	28.1	3.7
	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	14.9	2.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	15.2	0.5	20.1	1.5	17.1	1.1	15.8	0.8	13.2	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	13.7	0.5	17.7	1.9	16.1	1.3	14.4	0.9	12.1	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	20.2	1.0	25.1	2.4	20.1	2.3	20.9	1.9	16.3	2.1
	Hispanic, all races	19.6	1.0	23.2	2.0	22.8	2.1	18.1	1.9	15.8	2.3
Education^c	Less than high school	19.2	1.0	21.9	1.7	18.3	1.9	19.8	1.8	15.8	3.2
	High school graduate	16.1	0.8	21.7	2.4	17.6	1.6	16.6	1.4	13.1	1.3
	At least some college	14.4	0.6	18.6	2.1	18.1	1.7	14.8	1.0	13.1	0.8
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	17.5	0.6	24.0	2.4	24.1	1.6	18.4	1.0	15.0	0.9
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	17.2	0.9	22.4	1.9	16.8	2.3	18.1	1.9	11.8	1.9
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	15.9	0.6	17.8	2.7	19.5	1.5	17.6	1.0	14.2	0.8
	Public only	20.1	1.2	21.5	1.8	19.6	2.4	18.6	3.3	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	27.1	1.8	33.1	3.4	31.6	3.6	24.0	3.2	20.1	3.6
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	7.0	1.0	DSU	DSU	8.1	1.8	6.6	1.7	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	8.3	1.0	DSU	DSU	9.9	2.1	7.4	1.7	8.0	1.5
	Medicare and other public	14.2	2.2	20.2	4.7	14.6	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	16.0	0.5	22.1	1.4	19.0	1.2	16.0	0.9	13.9	0.8
	Large central metro	18.7	0.9	27.8	2.3	19.0	1.7	16.7	1.5	17.7	1.4
	Large fringe metro	13.2	0.8	21.1	3.3	18.6	2.3	14.7	1.6	10.4	1.0
	Medium metro	16.0	1.1	16.1	1.6	19.3	2.6	17.1	2.2	14.0	1.6
	Small metro	16.0	1.6	19.1	3.7	19.2	3.4	15.5	2.6	14.5	2.6
	Nonmetropolitan	13.4	1.1	15.1	2.3	14.0	2.0	16.3	2.1	9.7	1.7
	Micropolitan	14.7	1.3	16.0	3.0	16.5	3.0	16.6	2.3	11.5	2.1
	Noncore	10.6	1.5	13.1	3.2	9.5	2.0	15.4	3.8	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	14.7	0.4	20.0	1.4	17.0	1.1	15.7	0.8	12.4	0.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	25.9	1.6	24.4	2.3	23.9	2.2	20.4	2.6	37.2	4.2
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	15.3	0.5	20.0	1.5	18.0	1.1	16.0	0.9	13.4	0.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	17.2	1.0	22.0	1.8	18.2	2.0	16.7	1.8	13.1	2.0
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	14.0	0.9	19.9	2.1	14.7	1.7	13.4	1.7	10.9	2.0
	Complex activities	17.6	1.3	24.0	2.5	17.3	2.6	15.0	2.4	15.0	2.9
	Neither basic nor complex activities	15.8	0.5	21.1	1.6	19.4	1.1	16.7	0.9	13.5	0.7
U.S. born	Yes	14.5	0.4	19.1	1.4	17.0	1.1	15.3	0.8	12.2	0.6
U.S. born	No	23.4	1.4	27.9	2.5	23.3	1.9	21.2	2.4	23.8	2.5

^a. Denominator includes adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months, excluding missing data.

^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 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: T13_1_1_2c: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/13_timeliness/T13_1_1_2c.html