Table T6_2_1_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 6_2_1_1.2d
People with a usual source of care who usually asks about prescription medications and treatments from other doctors, 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		80.6	0.7	78.7	1.2	78.8	0.8	82.2	0.8
Age	18–44	80.8	0.9	78.1	1.9	78.9	1.3	82.5	1.0
	45–64	81.3	0.9	79.7	1.9	79.8	1.3	82.4	1.1
	65 and over	78.9	1.0	78.6	1.7	76.9	1.5	80.9	1.5
Gender	Male	80.8	0.9	78.4	1.6	80.0	1.1	82.0	1.1
Gender	Female	80.5	0.6	78.9	1.3	77.8	1.0	82.4	0.8
Race	White, single race	80.5	0.8	78.7	1.4	78.2	0.9	82.3	0.9
	Black, single race	83.1	1.0	81.9	1.9	83.1	1.5	83.6	1.2
	Asian, single race	77.7	2.4	71.0	4.9	80.6	3.7	78.1	2.6
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	80.2	5.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	73.0	3.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	75.5	5.3
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	80.6	0.7	77.7	1.4	78.7	0.9	82.3	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	80.5	0.8	77.3	1.7	78.1	1.0	82.4	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	83.1	1.0	81.8	1.9	83.2	1.5	83.6	1.3
	Hispanic, all races	80.5	1.2	81.5	1.8	79.0	1.7	80.8	1.6
Family income^b	Negative/poor	78.6	1.2	79.0	2.0	76.0	2.2	81.3	1.9
	Near poor/low	79.6	1.1	78.9	1.8	79.5	1.5	80.3	1.5
	Middle	79.8	0.9	77.6	1.9	79.0	1.4	81.1	1.2
	High	82.0	1.1	79.8	2.7	79.1	1.8	83.1	1.2
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	81.2	0.9	78.5	1.7	79.4	1.2	82.4	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	80.6	0.9	79.1	1.7	79.3	1.5	82.8	1.2
Health insurance, ages 0–64	Any private	81.8	0.8	81.1	1.9	80.0	1.1	82.7	1.0
	Public only	77.0	1.6	76.0	2.6	78.1	2.1	76.8	2.4
	Uninsured	79.5	1.5	77.5	2.7	77.5	2.4	83.6	2.0
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	79.0	1.5	77.9	2.6	77.0	2.5	81.8	2.4
	Medicare and private	79.5	1.7	77.2	3.2	78.3	2.4	81.1	2.1
	Medicare and other public	76.8	2.7	82.1	2.9	66.4	6.6	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	80.6	0.8	79.3	1.2	78.3	0.9	82.2	0.9
	Large central metro	80.6	1.0	78.5	1.6	79.0	1.6	81.9	1.3
	Large fringe metro	80.5	1.2	78.4	2.3	78.3	1.7	82.1	1.4
	Medium metro	79.5	1.8	79.6	2.8	76.7	1.9	81.0	2.3
	Small metro	83.4	1.3	82.7	2.8	80.0	1.9	85.9	1.9
	Nonmetropolitan	80.4	1.7	76.6	3.2	80.5	2.2	82.2	1.9
	Micropolitan	80.1	2.0	77.4	4.2	80.5	2.6	80.8	2.4
	Noncore	81.1	3.3	75.3	5.1	80.5	3.8	85.7	3.1
Language spoken most often at home	English	80.7	0.7	78.1	1.3	78.6	0.9	82.4	0.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	79.9	1.7	80.9	2.2	81.1	2.1	77.9	2.6
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	80.5	0.7	78.7	1.3	78.7	0.9	81.9	0.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	81.0	1.0	78.5	1.9	79.1	1.6	84.9	1.3
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	78.2	1.0	78.6	2.0	76.7	1.7	79.6	1.6
	Complex activities	77.4	1.3	76.8	2.6	75.5	2.3	79.8	2.1
	Neither basic nor complex activities	81.2	0.7	78.8	1.3	79.4	1.0	82.6	0.9
U.S. born	Yes	80.9	0.7	78.2	1.3	78.9	0.9	82.8	0.9
U.S. born	No	78.3	1.3	80.7	1.9	77.7	2.1	77.2	1.8

^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. Denominator includes persons with a usual source of care, excluding missing values.

^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 T6_2_1_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/nhqrdr12/6_carecoordination/T6_2_1_1-2d.html