T16_3_6_1_2d

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 16_3_6.1_2d
People unable to get or delayed in getting needed medical care, dental care, or prescription medicines due to financial or insurance reasons, by education,^a United States, 2008
		Total^a		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		66.3	1.4	77.9	2.1	72.3	1.9	57.1	2.0
Age	18-44	71.3	1.9	83.8	3.4	75.6	2.7	63.5	2.8
	45-64	66.5	2.2	81.5	2.7	76.4	2.7	53.5	3.3
	65 and over	46.2	3.5	54.1	5.6	DSU	DSU	41.9	5.3
Gender	Male	64.7	2.0	76.7	3.6	73.3	2.5	53.0	2.9
Gender	Female	67.5	1.6	79.1	2.2	71.6	2.4	60.2	2.5
Race	White, single race	65.6	1.6	80.4	2.5	70.8	2.2	56.1	2.2
	Black, single race	72.3	2.6	66.1	5.3	79.9	2.9	69.6	4.9
	Asian, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	64.8	1.6	76.5	2.6	71.0	2.0	56.3	2.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	63.7	1.7	79.0	3.1	69.0	2.4	55.3	2.3
	Non-Hispanic, Black	72.8	2.6	67.5	5.2	79.9	2.9	69.5	5.0
	Hispanic, all races	78.5	2.7	82.9	3.0	84.8	4.2	67.3	5.4
Family income^b	Negative/poor	81.1	1.9	81.5	2.5	86.4	3.0	74.3	4.3
	Near poor/low	77.7	2.2	80.6	3.5	77.7	3.5	75.3	3.9
	Middle	70.2	2.1	83.3	3.7	69.3	3.7	65.5	3.2
	High	44.8	2.8	DSU	DSU	57.7	4.7	40.0	3.0
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	67.2	1.7	83.3	3.1	76.0	2.2	57.3	2.3
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	74.4	2.3	82.0	3.0	76.0	3.7	65.6	4.7
Health insurance, ages 0-64	Any private	56.8	2.2	73.8	5.5	68.1	3.0	48.3	2.6
	Public only	76.3	2.4	78.2	4.0	76.2	3.7	73.8	6.3
	Uninsured	90.2	1.5	93.3	1.8	89.4	2.7	88.7	2.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	40.6	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	65.0	1.6	78.3	2.3	72.5	2.2	54.8	2.2
	Large central metro	62.8	2.3	73.8	3.7	74.7	3.8	51.7	3.6
	Large fringe metro	61.3	3.2	89.2	3.3	69.3	4.2	45.7	4.0
	Medium metro	71.0	2.8	77.0	3.9	79.4	3.8	63.7	3.9
	Small metro	66.3	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	72.9	3.0	76.4	5.5	71.3	3.8	72.0	4.4
	Micropolitan	73.4	3.5	DSU	DSU	68.2	4.3	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	71.7	5.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	65.0	1.5	75.9	2.6	71.4	2.0	56.6	2.1
Language spoken most often at home	Other	78.7	2.8	86.2	2.7	83.9	4.2	64.9	5.8
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	64.4	1.7	77.1	3.1	71.4	2.5	55.7	2.2
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	71.6	2.0	79.2	2.5	74.8	3.8	62.3	4.0
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	67.3	2.2	70.4	3.7	72.5	4.1	60.1	4.1
	Complex activities	70.3	2.7	72.3	4.0	74.7	5.2	64.8	5.3
	Neither basic nor complex activities	66.1	1.7	82.5	2.5	72.5	2.4	56.4	2.4
U.S. born	Yes	65.7	1.5	76.7	2.6	71.0	2.0	57.6	2.2
U.S. born	No	70.6	3.2	82.7	3.2	84.8	3.8	52.6	5.6

^a. 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.

^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. 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: T16_3_6_1_2d: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/16_facilitators_barriers/T16_3_6_1_2d.html