Table 12_1_3-3c

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_3.3c
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers always listened carefully to 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		57.6	0.5	54.6	1.5	58.1	1.3	57.0	0.9	58.4	0.8
Age	18–44	54.2	0.8	51.2	2.1	53.4	1.8	53.6	1.4	55.7	1.3
	45–64	57.4	0.9	55.8	2.6	53.5	2.5	55.8	1.8	59.2	1.2
	65 and over	65.4	1.1	62.1	3.5	68.3	2.1	67.4	2.0	62.6	1.8
Gender	Male	59.1	0.8	55.0	2.5	60.1	1.9	56.8	1.5	60.8	1.0
Gender	Female	56.4	0.6	54.5	1.7	56.9	1.6	57.1	1.0	56.3	1.0
Race	White, single race	57.3	0.6	52.8	1.9	57.4	1.4	56.5	1.0	58.6	0.8
	Black, single race	62.6	1.5	60.0	2.8	61.7	2.9	67.3	2.6	60.2	2.8
	Asian, single race	49.4	2.9	*	*	*	*	42.4	6.0	49.9	3.8
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	59.5	4.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	58.0	0.6	55.5	1.7	58.6	1.4	57.8	1.0	58.5	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	57.8	0.6	53.6	2.3	57.9	1.6	57.2	1.1	58.7	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	62.9	1.5	59.7	2.8	61.8	3.0	68.0	2.6	60.7	3.0
	Hispanic	52.9	1.8	50.4	3.3	55.5	2.2	49.4	3.1	56.2	3.9
Education^b	Less than high school	58.2	1.2	54.1	2.2	60.2	2.0	58.4	2.4	60.0	3.3
	High school graduate	60.0	0.9	54.1	2.8	59.8	2.1	59.5	1.5	62.1	1.5
	At least some college	56.0	0.7	56.5	2.9	54.2	2.3	54.7	1.4	56.9	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	56.3	0.6	54.1	2.4	53.1	1.8	55.0	1.2	58.0	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	53.2	1.1	51.8	2.1	54.1	2.3	52.4	2.2	54.6	2.5
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	56.8	0.6	59.0	3.2	54.4	2.1	55.6	1.1	57.7	0.9
	Public only	52.7	1.6	52.7	2.1	54.3	2.7	50.3	4.3	*	*
	Uninsured	49.3	1.8	45.5	3.6	49.9	2.9	48.1	3.3	54.8	4.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	64.8	2.2	56.5	6.9	67.5	3.8	64.2	3.8	65.5	4.3
	Medicare and private	66.1	1.3	65.8	5.5	71.1	3.2	69.1	2.4	62.3	1.9
	Medicare and other public	63.7	3.6	64.6	5.6	63.0	4.6	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	57.2	0.5	53.4	1.7	58.0	1.4	56.3	1.0	58.4	0.8
	Large central metro	56.0	0.9	53.6	2.5	54.9	2.4	52.6	1.9	59.2	1.3
	Large fringe metro	58.6	1.1	53.2	4.1	63.3	2.9	59.3	2.2	58.0	1.7
	Medium metro	58.3	1.0	53.9	3.5	59.9	2.6	58.0	1.6	58.8	1.8
	Small metro	54.9	1.9	51.5	4.5	54.9	3.9	54.0	3.6	55.9	2.9
	Nonmetropolitan	59.1	1.4	59.8	3.3	58.8	2.5	59.9	2.2	58.4	2.3
	Micropolitan	58.7	2.0	56.6	4.7	59.6	3.3	59.9	3.1	58.1	2.8
	Noncore	59.9	1.9	65.3	4.1	57.6	4.2	60.1	2.6	59.2	4.5
Language spoken most often at home	English	58.2	0.5	56.0	1.6	58.7	1.4	57.9	1.0	58.6	0.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	50.0	2.2	45.3	3.8	54.5	2.9	45.8	3.5	53.5	5.3
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	58.7	0.5	56.4	1.7	58.8	1.5	58.4	1.0	59.2	0.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	51.4	1.2	51.0	2.7	56.3	2.3	49.1	2.4	49.1	2.6
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	54.2	1.3	54.3	2.7	56.7	2.4	54.5	2.3	51.4	2.5
	Complex activities	50.7	1.6	50.8	2.9	55.7	2.7	49.0	3.2	46.9	3.4
	Neither basic nor complex activities	58.5	0.6	55.7	1.8	58.4	1.5	57.8	1.0	59.4	0.9

^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 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.

^c 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_3-3c: 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_3-3c.html