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Among adults age 18 and over who reported going to a doctor's office or clinic in the last 12 months, percent distribution of how often their health providers listened carefully to them
Measure Source
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends (CFACT), Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).
National Tables
4.3a Adults age 18 and over who reported going to a doctor's office or clinic in the last 12 months, percent distribution of how often their health providers listened carefully to them, United States, 2002.
4.3b Adults age 18 and over who reported going to a doctor's office or clinic in the last 12 months, percent distribution of how often their health providers listened carefully to them, United States, 2000.
National Data Source
AHRQ, MEPS.
National Denominator
Adults who visited a doctor's office or clinic to get health care in the past 12 months and answered the question "In the last 12 months how often did doctors or other health providers listen carefully to you?" Nonresponses and "Don't know" responses were excluded.
National Numerator
Subset of the denominator population in 3 categories according to their answer to the above question: "Always," "Usually," "Sometimes," or "Never."
State Tables
4.3c Among adults age 18 and over who reported going to a doctor's office or clinic in the last 12 months, percent of their health providers who always listened carefully to them, Medicaid, by State, 2004.
4.3d Among adults age 18 and over who reported going to a doctor's office or clinic in the last 12 months, percent of their health providers who always listened carefully to them, Medicare fee for service, by State, 2003.
4.3e Among adults age 18 and over who reported going to a doctor's office or clinic in the last 12 months, percent of their health providers who always listened carefully to them, Medicare managed care, by State, 2003.
State Data Source
AHRQ, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, National CAHPS® Benchmarking Database.
State Denominator
Adults who visited a doctor's office or clinic to get health care in the past 12 months.
State Numerator
Subset of the denominator population who responded that the doctor always listened carefully to them.
Comments
National tables report data from the MEPS Self-Administered Questionnaire (SAQ). See the MEPS entry in the Data Source section of this appendix for more information on the SAQ.
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