Table T5_1_1_15-2d

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_15.2d
People with a usual source of care for whom health care providers explained and provided all treatment options, by education,^a United States, 2009
		Total^a		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		94.5	0.3	93.9	0.6	94.1	0.5	94.9	0.4
Age	18–44	94.2	0.4	93.4	1.0	93.8	0.7	94.6	0.5
	45–64	94.7	0.4	94.3	1.0	93.9	0.9	95.3	0.5
	65 and over	94.8	0.5	94.1	1.0	95.1	0.7	95.0	0.8
Gender	Male	94.6	0.3	93.7	0.9	94.2	0.6	95.0	0.5
Gender	Female	94.5	0.3	94.0	0.7	94.1	0.6	94.9	0.4
Race	White, single race	94.6	0.3	93.9	0.7	94.2	0.6	95.0	0.4
	Black, single race	94.5	0.6	94.6	1.1	94.8	0.7	94.2	0.8
	Asian, single race	94.4	0.9	92.3	3.3	95.8	1.4	94.4	1.0
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	91.0	2.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	92.0	2.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	98.7	0.9
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	94.6	0.3	94.2	0.7	94.1	0.5	94.9	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	94.7	0.4	94.4	0.8	94.1	0.6	95.1	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	94.5	0.6	94.7	1.1	94.8	0.7	94.3	0.8
	Hispanic, all races	93.9	0.6	93.0	0.9	94.4	1.0	94.5	1.0
Family income^b	Negative/poor	93.0	0.8	92.6	1.2	93.3	1.1	93.0	1.2
	Near poor/low	94.0	0.5	93.7	1.0	93.4	0.8	94.9	0.8
	Middle	94.2	0.4	93.8	1.1	93.8	0.8	94.6	0.5
	High	95.3	0.5	96.2	1.2	95.3	0.9	95.3	0.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	94.6	0.3	93.5	1.0	93.9	0.7	95.1	0.4
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	93.9	0.6	94.1	0.9	93.6	0.9	94.1	0.9
Health insurance, ages 0–64	Any private	94.9	0.4	94.8	1.1	94.5	0.7	95.1	0.4
	Public only	91.9	0.8	93.2	1.2	90.6	1.5	92.2	1.3
	Uninsured	93.6	0.8	92.5	1.4	93.8	1.1	94.3	1.3
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	93.9	1.0	94.7	1.3	93.7	1.6	93.7	1.6
	Medicare and private	95.6	0.7	93.3	1.7	96.6	0.8	95.6	1.0
	Medicare and other public	94.5	1.4	94.6	1.7	93.4	3.4	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	94.5	0.3	93.7	0.7	94.0	0.5	94.9	0.4
	Large central metro	93.7	0.5	91.5	1.2	93.0	1.0	94.5	0.6
	Large fringe metro	94.7	0.5	95.1	1.1	94.3	0.8	94.8	0.7
	Medium metro	95.3	0.6	95.1	0.9	94.8	0.8	95.6	0.9
	Small metro	94.4	0.8	94.2	1.6	94.4	1.5	94.5	1.1
	Nonmetropolitan	94.8	0.8	94.5	1.3	94.5	1.1	95.2	0.8
	Micropolitan	94.9	1.0	94.4	1.5	95.2	1.3	94.7	1.1
	Noncore	94.7	1.3	94.6	2.0	93.0	2.1	96.6	1.3
Language spoken most often at home	English	94.6	0.3	94.2	0.7	94.1	0.5	94.9	0.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	93.7	0.7	92.7	1.1	94.2	1.3	94.5	1.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	94.8	0.3	94.2	0.7	94.6	0.5	95.1	0.3
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	92.7	0.7	93.0	1.0	92.1	1.0	93.1	1.3
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	92.9	0.7	93.1	1.1	92.4	1.4	93.3	1.1
	Complex activities	92.6	0.9	92.9	1.3	92.2	1.5	92.7	1.7
	Neither basic nor complex activities	94.9	0.3	94.2	0.7	94.6	0.5	95.2	0.4
U.S. born	Yes	94.6	0.3	94.2	0.7	94.2	0.5	95.0	0.4
U.S. born	No	93.7	0.6	92.7	1.1	94.0	1.1	94.1	0.8

^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 June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T5_1_1_15-2d: 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_15-2d.html