Table 2.3b. Socioeconomic Differences in Timeliness and Patient Centeredness

Core Report Measure	Income Differencei			Educational Differenceii		Insurance Differenceiii
	<100%	100-199%	200-399%	<HS	HS Grad	Uninsured
Timeliness
Adults who sometimes or never can get care for illness or injury as soon as wantediv	↓	↓	↓	↓	=	↓
Emergency department visits in which the patient left without being seenv						↓
Patient Centeredness
Adults whose health providers sometimes or never listened carefully, explained things, showed respect, and spent enough time with themiv	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓
Children whose health providers sometimes or never listened carefully, explained things, showed respect, and spent enough time with themiv	↓	↓	↓			↓

ⁱ Compared with persons with family incomes 400% of Federal poverty thresholds or above.

ⁱⁱ Compared with persons with any college education.

ⁱⁱⁱ Compared with persons under 65 with any private health insurance.

^iv Source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2002. This source did not collect information for >1 race.

^v Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey – Emergency Department, 2001-2002. Missing rates preclude analysis by ethnicity.

Key: HS = high school.

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