Table 12_1_12-4b
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.
| Population group | Total | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic, all races | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All races | White | Black | |||||||||
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 27.0 | 0.8 | 27.4 | 0.9 | 26.7 | 1.1 | 25.9 | 1.8 | 24.9 | 1.6 | |
| Age | 0–5 | 25.5 | 1.2 | 25.9 | 1.5 | 23.9 | 1.8 | 24.5 | 2.9 | 24.1 | 1.9 |
| 6–17 | 27.8 | 1.0 | 28.3 | 1.1 | 28.2 | 1.3 | 26.7 | 2.1 | 25.5 | 2.2 | |
| Gender | Male | 27.7 | 0.9 | 28.0 | 1.0 | 26.9 | 1.3 | 27.9 | 2.3 | 26.3 | 2.4 |
| Female | 26.2 | 1.1 | 26.8 | 1.2 | 26.6 | 1.6 | 24.0 | 2.3 | 23.3 | 1.7 | |
| Family incomea | Negative/poor | 27.4 | 1.6 | 29.0 | 2.1 | 30.2 | 3.4 | 25.7 | 2.3 | 23.9 | 2.5 |
| Near poor/low | 28.2 | 1.6 | 28.3 | 2.0 | 27.5 | 2.5 | 25.4 | 3.6 | 27.8 | 2.3 | |
| Middle | 25.5 | 1.4 | 26.5 | 1.5 | 26.4 | 1.9 | 27.2 | 3.3 | 19.9 | 3.2 | |
| High | 27.4 | 1.7 | 27.2 | 1.7 | 25.9 | 2.0 | 25.4 | 4.9 | 29.6 | 6.7 | |
| Health insurance | Any private | 27.1 | 1.1 | 27.4 | 1.2 | 27.2 | 1.4 | 23.5 | 2.5 | 24.6 | 3.2 |
| Public only | 26.5 | 1.2 | 27.1 | 1.6 | 25.3 | 2.1 | 27.6 | 2.5 | 25.2 | 1.8 | |
| Uninsured | 28.0 | 3.4 | 29.4 | 4.2 | 24.4 | 5.1 | * | * | 24.0 | 4.6 | |
| Residence locationb | Metropolitan | 26.9 | 0.9 | 27.4 | 1.0 | 26.7 | 1.3 | 26.0 | 2.0 | 25.0 | 1.7 |
| Large central metro | 25.6 | 1.5 | 25.7 | 1.9 | 25.4 | 3.2 | 21.2 | 2.0 | 25.5 | 2.5 | |
| Large fringe metro | 27.4 | 1.8 | 27.8 | 1.9 | 26.2 | 2.2 | 33.1 | 5.2 | 24.2 | 4.0 | |
| Medium metro | 27.2 | 1.9 | 27.6 | 2.1 | 27.1 | 2.4 | 29.1 | 6.0 | 25.1 | 3.6 | |
| Small metro | 29.6 | 3.0 | 30.6 | 3.4 | 30.6 | 4.4 | 30.4 | 6.5 | 23.2 | 4.1 | |
| Nonmetropolitan | 27.0 | 2.1 | 27.4 | 2.2 | 26.7 | 2.5 | 25.7 | 2.1 | 23.1 | 5.1 | |
| Micropolitan | 27.9 | 2.4 | 28.2 | 2.5 | 27.2 | 2.8 | * | * | 25.0 | 6.8 | |
| Noncore | 25.4 | 3.4 | 25.9 | 3.6 | 26.0 | 4.0 | * | * | * | * | |
| Language spoken most often at home | English | 26.8 | 0.8 | 26.9 | 0.9 | 26.6 | 1.2 | 25.9 | 1.8 | 25.3 | 2.6 |
| Other | 28.1 | 2.1 | 37.7 | 5.0 | * | * | * | * | 24.6 | 2.0 | |
| Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 26.5 | 0.8 | 27.1 | 0.9 | 26.4 | 1.2 | 25.8 | 1.8 | 23.8 | 1.6 |
| Fair/poor | 40.8 | 4.3 | 37.5 | 5.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| CSHCN | Yes | 32.3 | 1.6 | 32.2 | 1.7 | 30.7 | 2.0 | 35.4 | 3.5 | 33.0 | 5.1 |
| No | 25.3 | 0.9 | 25.7 | 1.0 | 25.3 | 1.3 | 22.5 | 2.0 | 23.3 | 1.5 | |
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: 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_12-4b: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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