T16_4_5_2c

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_4_5.2c
People with a usual source of care, excluding hospital emergency rooms, who has office hours at night or on weekends, by family income,^a United States, 2008
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		42.6	0.9	38.3	1.8	38.7	1.5	43.8	1.3	44.8	1.3
Age	0-17	53.4	1.4	44.4	2.6	47.5	2.5	53.6	2.0	63.7	2.3
	18-44	44.9	1.1	41.8	2.1	43.3	2.0	46.0	1.9	45.4	1.7
	45-64	36.3	1.1	29.1	2.7	28.4	2.4	37.5	1.7	38.5	1.6
	65 and over	28.3	1.4	21.3	2.4	26.7	2.4	26.4	2.1	32.4	2.4
Gender	Male	43.5	1.0	40.1	2.4	38.9	1.9	44.8	1.4	45.2	1.4
Gender	Female	41.9	0.9	37.0	1.7	38.5	1.5	42.9	1.3	44.4	1.4
Race	White, single race	42.4	1.0	37.3	2.4	38.0	1.7	43.1	1.5	44.9	1.4
	Black, single race	42.1	1.9	39.5	2.6	40.7	2.8	45.3	2.9	41.8	3.4
	Asian, single race	51.1	2.5	40.3	8.2	43.2	6.4	51.4	4.9	54.2	3.2
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	30.7	3.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	43.8	4.0	45.0	6.8	54.1	8.7	53.4	6.0	33.5	6.3
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	43.0	1.0	38.7	2.1	38.9	1.8	44.2	1.4	44.7	1.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	42.8	1.1	37.4	3.2	38.2	2.1	43.6	1.7	44.8	1.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	42.2	2.0	40.2	2.7	40.4	2.8	45.6	2.9	41.6	3.4
	Hispanic, all races	40.0	1.7	37.1	3.6	37.7	2.4	40.5	2.5	45.5	3.0
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	33.8	1.3	29.8	2.3	30.2	2.1	35.7	2.3	42.3	3.2
	High school graduate	37.3	1.3	34.3	3.0	36.1	2.2	38.1	1.9	38.1	2.1
	At least some college	39.9	1.0	36.9	3.2	34.4	2.3	41.1	1.6	40.7	1.4
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	41.9	1.0	39.4	2.4	40.5	2.0	42.6	1.5	42.1	1.4
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	36.2	1.4	34.6	2.3	29.3	2.5	41.4	2.2	37.9	2.7
Health insurance, ages 0-64	Any private	46.7	1.1	43.8	3.7	43.7	2.5	47.1	1.5	47.3	1.4
	Public only	41.2	1.7	39.7	2.5	40.4	2.4	44.1	3.2	50.8	6.3
	Uninsured	39.2	2.0	39.2	3.8	37.9	3.1	43.4	3.2	34.1	4.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	30.0	2.4	26.7	4.2	28.4	3.7	27.6	3.5	36.2	5.2
	Medicare and private	27.2	1.9	10.8	2.8	25.1	4.1	24.5	2.8	31.6	2.7
	Medicare and other public	28.3	2.8	27.9	4.7	26.8	4.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	44.6	1.0	41.0	1.9	40.4	1.7	45.1	1.4	47.0	1.4
	Large central metro	45.8	1.3	43.8	2.0	43.8	2.4	48.5	2.2	45.5	2.1
	Large fringe metro	49.2	1.6	53.2	4.7	43.1	3.4	44.9	2.6	52.4	2.0
	Medium metro	39.5	2.4	33.3	4.9	34.3	3.6	42.5	3.1	41.5	3.4
	Small metro	40.1	2.6	28.1	3.9	37.9	4.4	42.2	3.5	43.8	4.3
	Nonmetropolitan	32.8	2.9	27.2	3.8	31.7	3.9	38.4	4.0	29.4	4.2
	Micropolitan	34.7	3.4	34.4	5.3	31.0	4.1	38.0	4.3	33.0	4.8
	Noncore	29.2	4.5	16.3	3.4	32.8	6.8	39.3	6.5	21.7	6.5
Language spoken most often at home	English	42.9	0.9	38.2	1.7	39.0	1.8	44.2	1.3	44.5	1.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	40.8	2.2	38.9	5.0	37.1	2.8	39.8	3.0	51.4	3.8
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	44.0	1.0	41.7	2.0	40.3	1.6	44.9	1.3	45.5	1.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	31.5	1.4	25.0	2.2	29.7	2.7	33.7	2.3	36.1	2.8
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	29.7	1.4	27.2	2.4	30.2	2.6	29.1	2.7	31.2	2.5
	Complex activities	31.1	1.8	28.3	2.7	29.9	3.2	31.6	3.9	34.4	3.5
	Neither basic nor complex activities	40.1	0.9	37.0	1.9	35.5	1.8	40.9	1.4	41.5	1.4
U.S. born	Yes	42.9	0.9	38.7	1.9	39.2	1.7	44.1	1.3	44.8	1.4
U.S. born	No	40.1	1.5	35.2	3.4	34.6	2.6	40.5	2.5	45.0	2.8

^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: T16_4_5_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/nhqrdr11/16_facilitators_barriers/T16_4_5_2c.html