Table 12_1_1-3c

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 12_1_1.3c
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers always listened carefully, explained things clearly, respected what they had to say, and spent enough time with them,^a by family income,^b United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		56.9	0.5	53.4	1.3	56.0	1.1	55.8	0.8	58.6	0.7
Age	18–44	53.8	0.7	50.1	1.9	51.8	1.6	52.3	1.2	56.8	1.2
	45–64	57.4	0.8	53.6	2.4	52.1	2.2	55.4	1.6	59.9	1.0
	65 and over	62.8	0.9	62.1	2.9	64.8	1.8	65.3	1.7	59.6	1.5
Gender	Male	57.5	0.7	53.0	2.2	56.4	1.7	54.7	1.2	60.1	0.8
Gender	Female	56.4	0.5	53.6	1.5	55.7	1.3	56.6	0.9	57.4	0.8
Race	White, single race	56.8	0.5	52.2	1.6	55.7	1.2	55.4	0.9	58.9	0.7
	Black, single race	60.5	1.3	57.0	2.5	58.1	2.5	64.5	2.1	60.8	2.4
	Asian, single race	49.3	2.6	*	*	*	*	43.5	4.9	50.8	3.4
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	56.4	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	57.3	0.5	54.2	1.5	56.3	1.3	56.4	0.9	58.8	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	57.3	0.5	53.2	1.9	56.0	1.4	55.9	1.0	59.1	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	60.8	1.3	56.8	2.6	58.3	2.5	64.9	2.1	61.5	2.5
	Hispanic	52.4	1.6	49.3	2.7	54.2	2.0	50.1	2.7	55.2	3.6
Education^c	Less than high school	56.2	1.1	52.7	2.0	57.6	1.7	56.0	2.1	59.1	2.6
	High school graduate	58.2	0.8	52.9	2.4	57.1	1.8	57.9	1.2	60.5	1.3
	At least some college	56.4	0.6	55.4	2.5	53.3	2.0	54.3	1.3	58.0	0.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	56.3	0.6	53.7	2.1	51.9	1.5	53.9	1.0	58.8	0.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	52.4	0.9	49.6	1.8	52.0	2.1	52.0	1.8	55.8	2.0
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	56.8	0.5	57.0	2.6	53.5	1.8	54.5	1.0	58.6	0.8
	Public only	51.2	1.4	50.6	1.8	52.2	2.3	50.6	4.1	*	*
	Uninsured	48.5	1.6	45.7	3.2	47.1	2.4	47.1	2.5	56.4	4.4
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	63.2	1.9	58.4	5.3	64.2	3.3	64.9	3.5	61.6	3.8
	Medicare and private	63.0	1.2	64.1	5.0	67.4	2.8	65.9	2.0	59.2	1.7
	Medicare and other public	61.5	3.1	64.6	4.5	59.1	3.9	*	*	*	*
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	56.7	0.5	52.2	1.5	55.5	1.2	55.3	1.0	58.7	0.7
	Large central metro	55.1	0.8	52.3	2.2	50.7	2.0	52.5	1.7	59.1	1.2
	Large fringe metro	58.6	0.9	52.2	3.5	62.5	2.6	57.5	2.0	59.2	1.4
	Medium metro	57.3	0.9	52.2	2.9	58.0	2.4	56.9	1.6	58.5	1.5
	Small metro	54.6	1.5	52.4	3.8	53.8	3.3	53.1	3.3	56.2	2.0
	Nonmetropolitan	57.9	1.3	58.3	2.9	57.5	2.2	57.9	1.9	58.1	2.0
	Micropolitan	57.6	1.8	56.2	4.1	57.9	3.0	57.2	2.6	58.0	2.4
	Noncore	58.7	1.8	61.9	3.8	57.0	3.1	58.9	2.6	58.5	3.9
Language spoken most often at home	English	57.5	0.5	54.4	1.4	56.9	1.2	56.6	0.9	58.9	0.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	48.9	2.0	46.7	3.3	50.4	2.6	46.6	3.1	51.6	4.8
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	58.2	0.5	54.5	1.5	57.2	1.2	57.2	0.9	59.5	0.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	49.9	1.1	51.1	2.2	52.4	2.1	48.2	2.0	48.2	2.3
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	53.1	1.1	53.6	2.3	53.7	2.0	53.3	2.0	52.0	2.3
	Complex activities	49.4	1.3	49.4	2.4	52.3	2.3	46.9	2.6	49.5	2.9
	Neither basic nor complex activities	57.9	0.5	54.3	1.6	56.6	1.3	56.5	0.9	59.7	0.7

^a For the percentage estimates, the weights are adjusted for nonresponse based on how many of the four questions had a response.

^b 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.

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

* - 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.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 12_1_1-3c: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/12_patientcenteredness/T12_1_1-3c.html