Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older that waited at least 30 minutes to see doctor at last visit in the past year, by race, 2002a |
Population group | Total | White | Black | AI/AN | API | ||||||
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Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 25.6 | 0.8 | 24.0 | 0.8 | 36.6 | 2.6 | * | * | 39.5 | 5.3 | |
Age | 65 to 74 | 24.8 | 0.9 | 23.3 | 1.0 | 33.8 | 3.7 | * | * | 40.8 | 7.1 |
75 to 84 | 26.9 | 1.1 | 24.9 | 1.1 | 42.3 | 4.4 | * | * | 41.3 | 7.5 | |
85 and older | 25.5 | 1.7 | 24.5 | 1.9 | 36.7 | 6.3 | * | * | * | * | |
Gender | Male | 25.1 | 1.0 | 24.4 | 1.1 | 34.0 | 4.4 | * | * | * | * |
Female | 26.0 | 0.9 | 23.6 | 1.0 | 38.2 | 3.1 | * | * | 47.3 | 6.5 | |
Incomeb | Negative or poor | 36.1 | 2.1 | 33.3 | 2.3 | 42.7 | 4.4 | * | * | * | * |
Near poor/low | 29.5 | 1.3 | 27.9 | 1.3 | 40.6 | 4.8 | * | * | 39.3 | 8.0 | |
Middle | 22.1 | 1.2 | 21.2 | 1.2 | 30.8 | 5.2 | * | * | * | * | |
High | 19.9 | 1.4 | 19.7 | 1.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance | Medicare and private | 40.8 | 2.2 | 37.6 | 2.8 | 43.2 | 4.1 | * | * | 61.7 | 8.3 |
Medicare and Medicaid | 26.3 | 1.6 | 26.1 | 1.8 | 26.3 | 5.8 | * | * | * | * | |
Medicare HMO | 22.8 | 0.9 | 22.0 | 0.9 | 33.0 | 4.3 | * | * | * | * | |
Medicare fee-for-service only | 30.3 | 3.0 | 27.7 | 3.0 | 43.0 | 8.2 | * | * | * | * | |
Residence location | MSA | 25.2 | 0.9 | 23.5 | 0.9 | 34.0 | 2.8 | * | * | 41.1 | 5.6 |
Non-MSA | 26.8 | 1.6 | 25.6 | 1.7 | 45.8 | 5.6 | * | * | * | * | |
Functional limitations | No limitations | 23.7 | 0.9 | 22.5 | 1.0 | 31.9 | 3.5 | * | * | 34.6 | 5.9 |
IADLs only | 25.7 | 1.6 | 24.3 | 1.7 | 34.3 | 5.5 | * | * | * | * | |
1-2 ADLs | 29.3 | 1.6 | 27.0 | 1.7 | 45.9 | 5.3 | * | * | * | * | |
3 or more ADLs | 33.6 | 2.5 | 30.4 | 2.5 | 45.8 | 7.7 | * | * | * | * | |
At least 1 IADL/ADL | 28.7 | 1.1 | 26.5 | 1.1 | 42.1 | 3.5 | * | * | 47.8 | 9.2 |
a Full year community residents age 65 or older.
b Negative or poor refers to incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over 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.
* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: API: Asian or Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area; IADLs: Instrumental activities of daily living; ADLs: Activities of daily living; SE: Standard error.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey.