Table 10_3

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Table 10_3_2.1
People with a usual source of care (USC) who usually asks about prescription medications and treatments from other doctors, United States, 2002 and 2005
Population group		2005				2002
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^d	Percent with USC^e	Percent asked	SE	Total population (in thousands)^d	Percent with USC^e	Percent asked	SE
Total		296,185	80.3	77.7	0.6	288,182	81.2	75.1	0.6
Age	0–17	73,563	90.5	74.6	0.9	72,747	90.0	71.0	1.0
	18–44	111,067	67.0	79.6	0.8	111,219	69.2	77.5	0.8
	45–64	74,078	83.9	79.7	0.8	67,960	85.0	77.5	0.8
	65 and over	37,477	93.4	76.2	1.2	36,256	93.9	73.9	1.1
Gender	Male	145,116	76.2	77.7	0.7	140,802	77.4	75.1	0.7
Gender	Female	151,069	84.3	77.7	0.7	147,380	84.8	75.2	0.7
Race	White, single race	237,761	81.3	78.1	0.7	233,530	82.0	75.3	0.7
	Black, single race	36,870	76.1	75.7	1.4	35,504	79.0	77.5	1.3
	Asian, single race	12,659	72.5	78.5	2.4	11,567	73.0	67.5	2.7
	NHOPI, single race	1,078	88.0	86.4	6.0	884	83.2	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	2,332	81.4	75.7	7.7	2,583	78.4	71.0	5.6
	Multiple races	5,484	83.5	72.2	3.9	4,114	80.8	73.5	2.8
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	252,609	82.5	77.4	0.7	248,517	83.4	74.6	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	196,514	84.2	77.7	0.8	195,463	84.9	74.6	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	35,880	76.3	75.7	1.5	34,875	79.2	77.5	1.3
	Hispanic	43,576	67.6	79.7	1.2	39,665	67.2	79.3	1.1
Family income^a	Negative/poor	37,915	74.3	76.4	1.3	35,618	75.3	75.5	1.3
	Near poor/low	54,033	76.7	75.8	1.3	52,639	75.7	75.2	1.2
	Middle	92,693	78.8	77.2	0.9	91,063	81.6	72.9	1.0
	High	111,543	85.4	79.3	0.9	108,862	85.4	76.8	0.7
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	41,928	70.3	77.5	1.1	45,282	73.8	75.0	1.1
	High school graduate	70,724	77.4	77.2	1.0	69,829	77.8	76.0	0.9
	At least some college	107,388	79.4	80.6	0.7	97,855	80.7	78.1	0.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	147,001	72.8	79.5	0.7	143,280	74.8	77.3	0.7
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	37,780	77.4	80.2	1.0	35,665	76.7	78.1	1.0
Health insurance, ages 0–64	Any private	182,776	83.1	78.6	0.7	183,519	84.0	75.3	0.7
	Public only	38,952	84.6	74.8	1.3	34,249	83.8	75.2	1.5
	Uninsured	35,796	48.3	78.5	1.5	33,061	49.7	76.0	1.4
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	10,078	92.8	73.0	2.4	10,202	93.3	72.0	2.1
	Medicare and private	21,331	94.8	77.0	1.6	20,648	94.8	75.0	1.2
	Medicare and other public	4,477	92.0	80.8	2.2	3,788	94.2	75.3	2.5
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	247,418	80.1	77.8	0.7	241,330	80.7	75.2	0.7
	Large central metro	89,436	75.8	78.0	1.0	87,683	77.7	75.6	0.9
	Large fringe metro	73,350	83.2	77.6	1.0	69,802	81.9	72.8	1.0
	Medium metro	59,108	82.3	76.7	1.7	58,570	82.8	76.3	1.6
	Small metro	25,524	81.0	80.4	2.4	25,275	82.4	77.4	1.9
	Nonmetropolitan	48,767	81.7	77.1	1.6	46,852	83.9	75.1	1.4
	Micropolitan	31,968	79.5	76.9	1.8	31,339	83.3	76.3	1.5
	Noncore	16,799	85.8	77.4	2.8	15,513	85.1	72.6	2.4
Language spoken most often at home	English	257,411	82.5	77.3	0.7	252,871	83.3	74.9	0.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	34,902	64.1	81.2	1.3	31,079	64.0	78.0	1.5
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	262,298	79.6	77.4	0.7	255,683	80.5	74.9	0.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	31,890	86.5	80.1	1.0	30,511	87.6	77.2	1.1
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	29,148	90.5	79.5	1.1	27,554	89.8	74.5	1.2
	Complex activities	17,758	88.9	81.0	1.3	16,398	89.7	75.9	1.3
	Neither basic nor complex activities	183,537	74.8	78.8	0.7	179,243	76.4	77.2	0.7

^a Negative/poor refers to household 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.

^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 For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

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

^e Percent with usual source of care, excluding missing values.

* - 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.