Table T5_1_1_14-2b

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 5_1_1_14.2b
People with a usual source of care whose health care providers sometimes or never asked for person's help to make treatment decisions, 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		15.4	0.5	14.9	0.5	14.2	0.6	17.7	1.0	18.9	1.2
Age	0–17	14.5	0.8	13.2	0.9	11.6	1.2	18.2	1.7	18.8	1.6
	18–44	15.9	0.7	15.5	0.7	15.7	0.9	15.2	1.2	18.6	1.3
	45–64	15.5	0.7	15.1	0.8	14.5	0.9	19.2	1.6	19.8	1.8
	65 and over	16.1	1.0	15.9	1.1	15.1	1.2	19.7	2.1	19.1	2.8
Gender	Male	15.4	0.6	14.6	0.6	14.1	0.6	18.1	1.2	19.8	1.6
Gender	Female	15.5	0.5	15.0	0.6	14.4	0.7	17.3	1.0	18.2	1.1
Family income^a	Negative/poor	20.1	1.2	20.0	1.2	18.7	1.8	21.8	1.7	20.5	2.7
	Near poor/low	17.2	0.9	16.6	1.0	15.8	1.3	18.6	2.1	19.4	1.6
	Middle	15.4	0.8	14.8	0.8	15.0	1.0	14.8	1.5	19.1	1.9
	High	13.1	0.8	12.9	0.8	12.4	0.9	15.7	2.0	15.9	2.1
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	19.8	1.2	18.7	1.4	18.0	1.7	20.7	2.2	23.1	1.7
	High school graduate	16.8	0.8	16.7	0.9	16.4	1.0	19.0	1.5	16.9	1.6
	At least some college	14.2	0.6	14.0	0.6	13.8	0.8	15.0	1.2	16.6	1.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	15.2	0.6	14.8	0.7	14.8	0.8	15.3	1.2	18.4	1.2
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	17.5	0.9	16.9	1.0	16.3	1.2	21.1	1.8	20.8	1.9
Health insurance, ages 0–64	Any private	13.6	0.6	13.3	0.7	13.2	0.8	14.0	1.2	16.5	1.2
	Public only	20.3	1.0	20.3	1.2	18.7	1.7	23.0	1.8	20.2	1.8
	Uninsured	19.0	1.5	17.5	1.8	17.3	2.2	18.1	2.4	23.5	2.5
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	16.1	1.6	16.0	1.7	15.4	1.8	20.6	3.5	16.4	3.5
	Medicare and private	14.9	1.3	15.0	1.4	14.2	1.5	19.4	3.0	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	22.8	3.2	20.9	3.6	21.9	5.1	17.0	4.2	28.4	6.1
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	15.5	0.5	15.0	0.6	14.4	0.7	17.7	1.0	17.9	1.2
	Large central metro	14.9	0.8	14.4	0.9	12.3	1.0	18.2	1.4	16.4	1.3
	Large fringe metro	14.5	0.8	14.2	0.9	13.8	1.0	16.7	1.8	16.9	2.0
	Medium metro	15.9	1.4	15.2	1.4	14.9	1.7	17.9	2.9	19.9	3.8
	Small metro	18.9	1.8	18.2	1.8	18.3	2.0	18.3	3.4	25.1	6.1
	Nonmetropolitan	15.2	1.4	14.1	1.3	13.7	1.3	17.0	3.7	31.6	5.2
	Micropolitan	14.5	1.5	14.1	1.5	13.9	1.6	17.2	4.4	23.2	5.5
	Noncore	16.5	2.4	13.9	2.3	13.3	2.2	DSU	DSU	39.0	8.3
Language spoken most often at home	English	14.9	0.5	14.7	0.5	14.1	0.6	17.9	1.0	18.1	1.3
Language spoken most often at home	Other	19.6	1.5	19.2	2.9	23.6	6.6	DSU	DSU	19.7	1.8
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	14.7	0.5	14.1	0.5	13.5	0.6	17.1	1.1	18.0	1.2
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	21.3	1.0	20.5	1.2	20.2	1.4	21.3	1.7	25.7	2.7
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	20.6	1.1	20.3	1.1	19.9	1.3	21.3	2.2	24.4	3.7
	Complex activities	21.3	1.3	20.6	1.4	19.9	1.7	25.0	2.5	29.5	4.1
	Neither basic nor complex activities	14.8	0.5	14.4	0.6	14.0	0.7	16.3	1.1	18.2	1.1
U.S. born	Yes	15.3	0.5	14.8	0.5	14.3	0.6	17.7	1.0	19.1	1.4
U.S. born	No	16.8	1.0	15.5	1.5	13.5	2.6	17.3	2.6	18.4	1.5

^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: 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 T5_1_1_14-2b: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/5_patientcenteredness/T5_1_1_14-2b.html