Table T4_1_1_4-2b

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 4_1_1_4.2b
Children who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months who sometimes or never got care as soon as wanted,^a by ethnicity, United States, 2009
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		4.5	0.6	3.3	0.6	2.6	0.6	DSU	DSU	10.1	1.8
Age	0–5	3.9	0.7	3.3	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Age	6–17	4.8	0.8	3.2	0.7	2.6	0.7	DSU	DSU	13.5	2.8
Gender	Male	4.9	0.8	4.0	0.8	3.0	0.8	DSU	DSU	8.9	1.8
Gender	Female	4.0	0.8	2.4	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	11.5	3.2
Family income^b	Negative/poor	10.6	1.9	11.3	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	5.7	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	13.6	3.6
	Middle	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance	Any private	3.1	0.6	2.3	0.6	2.2	0.6	DSU	DSU	10.4	2.8
	Public only	7.4	1.1	6.1	1.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	10.0	2.3
	Uninsured	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	4.3	0.6	2.7	0.5	2.1	0.5	DSU	DSU	10.6	1.9
	Large central metro	5.6	1.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	10.1	2.3
	Large fringe metro	2.3	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	4.5	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	3.9	0.6	3.3	0.6	2.6	0.6	DSU	DSU	8.8	2.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	9.5	2.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	12.0	2.5
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	4.3	0.6	3.1	0.5	2.5	0.6	DSU	DSU	10.1	1.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN^d	Yes	4.6	0.9	3.8	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
CSHCN^d	No	4.2	0.6	2.8	0.6	2.4	0.6	DSU	DSU	10.2	2.0
U.S. born	Yes	4.1	0.5	3.1	0.5	2.6	0.6	DSU	DSU	9.3	1.8
U.S. born	No	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a Denominator includes children who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition 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 For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.

^d CSHCN: Children with special health care needs. 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: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Page last reviewed June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T4_1_1_4-2b: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/4_timeliness/T4_1_1_4-2b.html