Table 12_1_10-3c

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_10.3c
Children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers always spent enough time with them, by family income,^a 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		71.5	1.0	65.1	2.2	68.7	1.8	71.8	1.7	76.5	1.6
Age	0–5	70.9	1.4	64.6	2.7	66.8	2.8	72.0	2.7	76.8	2.5
Age	6–17	71.9	1.1	65.5	2.6	69.8	2.0	71.6	2.0	76.4	1.7
Gender	Male	70.6	1.2	64.7	2.6	67.9	2.3	70.2	2.1	75.6	1.9
Gender	Female	72.5	1.1	65.5	2.6	69.5	2.2	73.4	1.9	77.4	2.1
Race	White, single race	71.6	1.2	64.1	2.6	66.7	2.3	71.8	1.9	77.1	1.8
	Black, single race	73.0	2.1	67.8	3.8	74.9	3.6	74.7	4.2	77.7	4.8
	Asian, single race	58.9	5.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	75.6	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	73.2	1.1	67.0	2.6	71.9	2.3	72.7	1.8	76.7	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	73.7	1.3	67.6	3.7	70.2	3.2	72.9	2.1	77.3	1.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	73.3	2.1	67.2	3.9	75.7	3.6	74.8	4.2	79.3	4.8
	Hispanic, all races	63.8	1.8	60.9	3.0	60.3	3.0	66.5	3.9	73.9	4.6
Health insurance	Any private	73.8	1.2	72.6	4.9	69.4	2.9	72.0	2.0	76.8	1.6
	Public only	67.1	1.6	63.6	2.3	69.7	2.4	69.6	3.8	*	*
	Uninsured	66.8	3.6	*	*	53.9	6.5	*	*	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	71.6	1.0	64.1	2.2	68.7	2.1	71.9	1.9	76.6	1.7
	Large central metro	70.5	1.7	64.0	2.9	66.8	2.9	74.9	3.0	73.3	3.6
	Large fringe metro	72.0	1.6	59.8	5.4	70.4	5.2	68.9	3.7	77.4	2.1
	Medium metro	73.0	2.0	70.3	3.6	66.9	4.7	71.3	3.1	79.8	3.4
	Small metro	71.9	3.2	56.9	5.4	76.0	5.8	72.5	4.9	76.1	4.4
	Nonmetropolitan	70.8	2.4	69.4	5.2	68.6	3.8	71.1	3.4	75.1	4.4
	Micropolitan	71.3	2.5	68.1	5.6	69.3	4.7	70.9	3.5	*	*
	Noncore	70.0	4.7	71.3	8.9	67.6	6.8	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	73.3	1.1	68.1	2.5	71.3	2.1	72.7	1.8	77.2	1.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	59.4	2.0	53.7	3.6	59.7	3.2	63.8	4.9	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	71.8	1.0	66.0	2.3	68.8	1.9	71.8	1.7	76.6	1.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	63.1	3.6	50.2	6.7	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	68.8	1.5	63.6	3.5	71.5	3.0	68.2	2.8	70.7	3.1
CSHCN	No	72.5	1.1	65.3	2.4	68.3	2.0	73.3	1.9	78.2	1.8

^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 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; CSHCN: children with special health care needs; 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_10-3c: 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_10-3c.html