2005 National Healthcare Quality Report, Data Tables. Table 2.39

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Table 2.39
Percent of persons with a usual source of care (USC) who reported that their USC usually asked about prescription medications and treatments from other doctors, United States, 2000 and 2002

		2002				2000
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^h	Percent with USCⁱ	Percent asked	Standard error	Total population (in thousands)^h	Percent with USCⁱ	Percent asked	Standard error
Total		288,182	81.2	75.1	0.6	278,406	81.6	81.7	0.9
Race^a	White	233,530	82.0	75.3	0.7	- -	- -	- -	- -
	Black	35,504	79.0	77.5	1.3	- -	- -	- -	- -
	American Indian or Alaska Native	2,583	78.4	71.0	5.6	- -	- -	- -	- -
	Asian	11,567	73.0	67.5	2.7	- -	- -	- -	- -
	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	884	83.2	DSU	DSU	- -	- -	- -	- -
	Multiple races	4,114	80.8	73.5	2.8	- -	- -	- -	- -
Ethnicity^b	Hispanic, all races	39,665	67.2	79.3	1.1	33,955	69.5	86.0	1.1
	Non-Hispanic, all races	248,517	83.4	74.6	0.7	244,450	83.3	81.2	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	195,463	84.9	74.6	0.7	198,164	84.6	80.4	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	34,875	79.2	77.5	1.3	35,049	77.9	85.0	1.7
	Non-Hispanic, other	18,179	76.0	69.2	2.0	11,237	76.6	84.9	3.1
Gender	Male	140,802	77.4	75.1	0.7	135,882	77.9	81.9	1.0
Gender	Female	147,380	84.8	75.2	0.7	142,524	85.2	81.6	0.8
Age	0-17	72,747	90.0	71.0	1.0	72,531	90.8	80.1	1.2
	18-44	111,219	69.2	77.5	0.8	109,025	70.1	83.5	0.9
	45-64	67,960	85.0	77.5	0.8	62,067	84.9	82.1	1.1
	65 and over	36,256	93.9	73.9	1.1	34,782	93.4	80.5	1.4
Education^c	Less than high school	46,439	74.0	75.0	1.1	43,671	75.7	83.3	1.2
	High school graduate	69,837	77.8	76.0	0.9	66,819	78.1	81.1	1.3
	At least some college	97,866	80.7	78.1	0.8	93,763	80.0	82.8	0.8
Employment status^d	Employed	141,933	74.7	77.2	0.7	138,298	74.6	82.7	0.9
Employment status^d	Not employed	37,201	76.9	78.6	1.0	32,751	79.1	83.7	1.0
Health insurance, age 0-64	Any private	183,560	84.0	75.3	0.7	182,658	83.6	81.4	1.0
	Public only	34,687	83.7	75.1	1.5	28,622	85.8	82.8	1.6
	Uninsured	33,679	49.7	76.0	1.4	32,344	54.0	85.5	1.3
Insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	10,540	93.2	72.1	2.1	11,515	91.4	83.2	1.7
	Medicare and private	21,397	94.8	74.6	1.2	19,279	94.7	78.5	2.1
	Medicare and other public	3,920	94.3	75.4	2.4	3,568	93.3	82.7	2.5
	No insurance/private only	400	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Family income^e	Negative or poor	35,618	75.3	75.5	1.3	32,053	79.7	82.4	1.8
	Near poor/low	52,639	75.7	75.2	1.2	49,255	76.9	82.0	1.6
	Middle	91,063	81.6	72.9	1.0	90,343	81.5	82.2	1.1
	High	108,862	85.4	76.8	0.7	106,754	84.4	81.1	1.0
Residence location^f	Metropolitan-large	157,991	79.6	74.4	0.7	157,794	79.6	81.8	1.1
	Metropolitan-small	83,641	82.9	76.6	1.3	72,434	83.6	82.4	1.5
	Micropolitan	31,057	82.8	76.1	1.5	28,633	85.4	82.6	2.2
	Noncore-adjacent	10,568	84.4	73.6	2.7	14,253	84.4	75.1	4.9
	Noncore-not adjacent	4,925	86.7	72.3	4.0	5,292	85.6	85.8	6.5
Perceived health status	Excellent, very good or good	256,719	80.5	74.8	0.6	249,310	81.0	81.7	0.9
Perceived health status	Fair or poor	30,967	86.9	77.5	1.1	28,386	87.6	82.1	1.3
CSHCN^g	Yes	14,116	94.5	74.3	1.5	10,993	93.6	81.0	1.8
CSHCN^g	No	57,966	88.7	70.2	1.0	55,003	90.7	79.5	1.2

^a Prior to 2002, racial categories were not directly comparable to those used for 2002 data. Thus, race data for 2000 are not shown.

^b Beginning in 2002, individuals could report multiple races. For 2002 and later years, Non-Hispanic White and Black categories exclude multiple race individuals and are not directly comparable to data from previous years.

^c "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.

^d Employment status for persons age 18-64 only.

^e "Negative or poor" refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; "near poor/low income", over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; "middle income", 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and "high income", 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

^f See the MEPS entry in the Data Sources section of the Measures Specifications Appendix for more information.

^g CSHCN: children with special health care needs.

^h Numbers may not add to total due to missing or rounding.

ⁱ Percent with usual source of care, excluding missing values.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.

- - Data not shown. See footnote a.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

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