Table 12_1_2-2

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_2.2
Children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers listened carefully, explained things clearly, respected what they or their parents had to say, and spent enough time with them,^a United States, 2002
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^d	Percent had visit	Composite measure
				Always		Usually		Sometimes or never
				Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		72,403	76.5	72.5	0.7	20.6	0.6	6.7	0.3
Age	0–5	23,089	86.8	72.6	1.0	20.6	0.9	6.9	0.5
Age	6–17	49,314	71.6	72.5	0.8	20.7	0.7	6.7	0.4
Gender	Male	37,064	76.4	72.2	0.9	21.1	0.8	6.6	0.4
Gender	Female	35,340	76.6	72.9	0.8	20.1	0.7	6.9	0.4
Race	White, single race	55,942	78.1	72.8	0.7	20.7	0.6	6.5	0.4
	Black, single race	11,069	71.4	75.4	1.8	17.5	1.7	7.1	0.7
	Asian, single race	2,548	66.6	61.2	4.4	28.4	2.9	10.2	2.6
	NHOPI, single race	295	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	810	62.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	1,740	76.1	60.3	4.3	29.4	3.6	10.1	2.3
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	59,155	78.8	73.3	0.8	20.5	0.7	6.1	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	43,321	81.8	74.0	0.8	20.4	0.7	5.6	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	10,804	71.3	75.4	1.9	17.4	1.7	7.1	0.7
	Hispanic	13,248	66.1	68.4	1.6	21.3	1.2	10.2	0.8
Family income^b	Negative/poor	12,389	66.9	68.1	1.7	20.6	1.5	11.3	1.0
	Near poor/low	15,400	71.1	71.1	1.4	19.5	1.2	9.3	0.8
	Middle	24,908	78.0	71.7	1.1	22.1	0.9	6.2	0.6
	High	19,705	84.7	76.8	1.2	19.7	1.0	3.4	0.4
Health insurance	Any private	47,778	80.9	73.8	0.8	20.8	0.7	5.3	0.4
	Public only	19,306	71.4	69.7	1.4	19.7	1.1	10.6	0.8
	Uninsured	5,319	55.0	69.6	2.6	22.7	2.3	7.3	1.3
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	61,590	76.5	72.2	0.8	20.9	0.7	6.8	0.4
	Large central metro	22,085	72.1	69.4	1.3	22.3	1.2	8.2	0.7
	Large fringe metro	18,179	79.1	75.5	1.2	18.8	1.1	5.6	0.6
	Medium metro	14,945	78.4	72.1	1.7	21.5	1.4	6.4	0.7
	Small metro	6,381	79.6	71.7	2.5	21.3	2.0	6.9	1.0
	Nonmetropolitan	10,813	76.5	74.5	1.7	19.0	1.6	6.3	0.6
	Micropolitan	7,229	77.3	75.5	2.1	18.1	1.8	6.3	0.8
	Noncore	3,585	74.9	72.4	2.9	20.9	2.7	6.4	1.0
Language spoken most often at home	English	64,534	78.4	73.2	0.7	20.4	0.7	6.3	0.3
Language spoken most often at home	Other	7,561	59.8	65.2	2.2	23.0	1.6	11.7	1.5
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	70,784	76.2	72.7	0.7	20.7	0.6	6.6	0.3
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,619	88.5	67.1	3.2	19.0	2.6	13.9	2.2
CSHCN	Yes	14,075	90.2	71.5	1.3	20.2	1.0	8.2	0.7
CSHCN	No	57,714	73.1	73.0	0.8	20.7	0.7	6.3	0.3

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

^d Total child population. Numbers of subpopulation categories may not add to total due to missing values or rounding.

* - 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_2-2: 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_2-2.html