Table T5_1_1_9-1_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_9.1_2d
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never spent enough time with them,^a by education,^b United States, 2009
		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		12.8	0.4	15.6	0.9	13.4	0.6	11.7	0.5
Age	18–44	16.2	0.7	19.6	1.5	18.5	1.1	14.4	0.8
	45–64	11.6	0.6	16.0	1.4	11.9	0.8	10.7	0.7
	65 and over	7.8	0.6	10.0	1.2	7.8	1.1	6.7	0.9
Gender	Male	11.9	0.5	15.8	1.2	13.7	0.9	10.1	0.6
Gender	Female	13.4	0.5	15.5	1.1	13.2	0.7	12.9	0.6
Race	White, single race	12.2	0.4	15.4	1.1	12.6	0.6	11.2	0.5
	Black, single race	16.3	0.9	17.5	1.5	17.1	1.5	15.3	1.3
	Asian, single race	16.5	1.7	DSU	DSU	23.9	4.8	15.1	1.9
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	14.3	3.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	9.8	2.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	12.2	0.4	14.9	1.0	12.9	0.6	11.4	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	11.5	0.4	14.2	1.2	12.0	0.6	10.8	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	16.4	0.9	18.1	1.5	16.8	1.4	15.6	1.3
	Hispanic, all races	17.3	0.8	17.8	1.5	17.7	1.5	16.5	1.5
Family income^c	Negative/poor	20.1	1.2	21.0	1.7	20.2	1.8	19.0	2.4
	Near poor/low	15.2	0.7	15.0	1.3	17.1	1.5	13.4	1.2
	Middle	13.3	0.6	13.4	1.4	12.7	1.0	13.6	0.9
	High	9.9	0.5	12.8	2.1	9.4	1.0	9.8	0.6
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	13.6	0.5	18.9	1.6	15.0	0.9	12.3	0.6
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	15.6	0.8	17.4	1.5	15.4	1.3	14.6	1.3
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	12.4	0.5	13.8	1.5	13.4	0.9	11.8	0.5
	Public only	17.5	1.1	19.5	1.9	14.5	1.8	19.0	2.1
	Uninsured	22.9	1.4	25.0	2.4	25.1	2.2	19.1	2.3
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	8.4	1.0	10.4	2.0	8.2	1.6	7.3	1.6
	Medicare and private	6.3	0.7	6.9	1.9	6.7	1.3	5.9	1.0
	Medicare and other public	14.0	2.3	13.9	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	12.9	0.4	15.9	1.0	14.0	0.7	11.7	0.5
	Large central metro	13.9	0.8	15.9	1.6	16.2	1.4	12.4	0.8
	Large fringe metro	11.9	0.7	15.1	1.8	12.1	1.2	11.2	0.9
	Medium metro	12.6	0.8	15.6	2.2	13.9	1.4	11.3	0.9
	Small metro	13.3	1.0	17.8	3.1	13.5	1.5	11.9	1.5
	Nonmetropolitan	12.2	0.9	14.7	2.0	11.3	0.9	11.9	1.5
	Micropolitan	13.3	1.1	17.3	2.3	12.6	1.1	12.6	1.8
	Noncore	9.8	1.8	11.1	3.3	8.4	2.2	10.3	2.6
Language spoken most often at home	English	12.3	0.4	15.3	1.0	12.7	0.6	11.5	0.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	18.0	1.1	17.0	1.3	22.8	2.4	15.9	1.6
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	11.5	0.4	14.0	1.1	11.7	0.6	10.8	0.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	19.8	1.0	19.5	1.6	20.6	1.5	19.3	1.7
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	14.0	0.9	15.4	1.7	14.6	1.4	12.7	1.4
	Complex activities	16.8	1.1	17.5	2.1	17.5	1.8	15.5	2.0
	Neither basic nor complex activities	12.4	0.4	16.3	1.1	12.8	0.7	11.5	0.5
U.S. born	Yes	12.2	0.4	15.8	1.0	12.5	0.6	11.2	0.5
U.S. born	No	17.1	0.9	15.0	1.3	22.0	2.2	16.0	1.2

^a Denominator includes adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months, excluding missing data.

^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 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.

^d 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_9-1_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_9-1_2d.html