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Table 4.4a: Among children under age 18 who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months, percent distribution of how often their health providers explained things clearly to their parents, United States, 2001
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Health providers explained things clearly |
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Always |
Usually |
Sometimes or never |
| Population group |
Total population (in thousands)d |
Percent had visite |
Percent |
Standard error |
Percent |
Standard error |
Percent |
Standard error |
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| Total |
72,826 |
76.2 |
74.7 |
1.7 |
19.8 |
1.0 |
5.6 |
0.4 |
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| Race |
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| White |
56,988 |
77.6 |
74.3 |
1.0 |
20.3 |
0.9 |
5.4 |
0.4 |
| Black |
11,622 |
70.6 |
77.3 |
2.9 |
16.9 |
2.6 |
5.8 |
0.8 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander |
3,290 |
71.7 |
74.6 |
3.7 |
19.8 |
3.3 |
*5.6 |
1.9 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
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| Race/ethnicity |
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| Hispanic |
12,963 |
66.8 |
71.9 |
1.7 |
19.8 |
1.5 |
8.3 |
0.9 |
| Non-Hispanic |
59,863 |
78.3 |
75.2 |
1.2 |
19.8 |
1.1 |
5.1 |
0.5 |
| White |
44,726 |
80.7 |
74.8 |
1.1 |
20.5 |
1.1 |
4.7 |
0.5 |
| Black |
11,252 |
70.8 |
77.5 |
3.0 |
16.6 |
2.6 |
5.9 |
0.9 |
| Other |
3,884 |
71.7 |
74.2 |
3.5 |
18.6 |
3.1 |
7.3 |
2.0 |
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| Gender |
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| Male |
37,264 |
75.9 |
74.4 |
1.2 |
20.1 |
1.1 |
5.5 |
0.5 |
| Female |
35,562 |
76.6 |
75.0 |
1.2 |
19.4 |
1.1 |
5.6 |
0.5 |
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| Age |
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| 0-5 |
23,710 |
87.0 |
75.1 |
1.2 |
18.7 |
1.1 |
6.2 |
0.6 |
| 6-17 |
49,115 |
71.0 |
74.5 |
1.3 |
20.4 |
1.2 |
5.2 |
0.5 |
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| Insurance |
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| Any private |
49,345 |
79.2 |
76.1 |
1.1 |
19.8 |
1.0 |
4.1 |
0.4 |
| Public only |
17,342 |
76.1 |
70.5 |
2.0 |
19.8 |
1.8 |
9.7 |
1.0 |
| Uninsured |
6,139 |
52.2 |
74.4 |
3.1 |
18.8 |
2.7 |
6.8 |
1.4 |
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| Family incomea |
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| Negative or poor |
12,075 |
71.4 |
70.0 |
2.1 |
18.1 |
1.6 |
11.9 |
1.6 |
| Near poor/low income |
15,876 |
66.8 |
68.6 |
1.9 |
23.7 |
1.9 |
7.8 |
0.9 |
| Middle income |
23,483 |
76.3 |
75.8 |
1.5 |
19.5 |
1.4 |
4.7 |
0.7 |
| High income |
21,392 |
85.8 |
79.2 |
1.5 |
18.5 |
1.5 |
2.3 |
0.5 |
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| Residence locationb |
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| Metropolitan-large |
41,207 |
75.6 |
73.7 |
1.6 |
20.6 |
1.5 |
5.8 |
0.5 |
| Metropolitan-small |
19,976 |
78.6 |
74.7 |
1.6 |
20.5 |
1.5 |
4.8 |
0.7 |
| Micropolitan |
7,527 |
75.9 |
77.3 |
2.2 |
15.8 |
1.8 |
6.9 |
1.3 |
| Noncore |
4,115 |
71.4 |
80.0 |
3.2 |
14.8 |
2.9 |
*5.2 |
1.6 |
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| Perceived health status |
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| Excellent, very good or good |
71,309 |
76.0 |
75.0 |
1.1 |
19.6 |
1.0 |
5.4 |
0.4 |
| Fair or poor |
1,516 |
85.0 |
62.2 |
4.1 |
25.7 |
3.4 |
12.2 |
2.8 |
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| CSHCNc |
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| Yes |
13,880 |
89.2 |
73.4 |
1.4 |
20.4 |
1.4 |
6.3 |
0.7 |
| No |
58,520 |
73.1 |
75.2 |
1.2 |
19.5 |
1.1 |
5.2 |
0.4 |
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a "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.
bSee the MEPS entry in the Data Sources section of the Measures Specifications Appendix for more information.
cCSHCN: children with special healthcare needs.
dTotal child population. Numbers may not add to Total due to missing or rounding.
eDenominator is total population, excluding missing values.
*Relative standard error is equal to or greater than 30 percent.
DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.
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