Table 12_1_3-5c

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_3.5c
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never 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		9.0	0.3	14.5	1.0	10.2	0.7	9.9	0.6	6.9	0.4
Age	18–44	11.2	0.5	15.8	1.6	12.4	1.2	12.0	0.9	8.8	0.9
	45–64	8.3	0.5	14.3	1.9	11.7	1.5	9.6	1.0	6.3	0.6
	65 and over	5.6	0.5	11.1	2.1	6.0	1.0	5.3	1.0	4.1	0.7
Gender	Male	8.7	0.4	13.9	1.8	9.3	1.2	11.1	0.9	6.3	0.5
Gender	Female	9.3	0.4	14.7	1.2	10.7	0.9	9.1	0.7	7.4	0.6
Race	White, single race	8.6	0.3	13.4	1.1	9.7	0.9	9.4	0.6	6.9	0.5
	Black, single race	11.6	1.0	18.8	2.5	11.5	1.6	11.0	1.7	6.8	1.5
	Asian, single race	11.3	2.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	7.2	1.8
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	8.5	2.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	8.9	0.3	14.7	1.2	10.3	0.9	9.5	0.6	6.9	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	8.3	0.3	13.3	1.4	9.7	1.0	8.9	0.7	6.9	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	11.6	1.0	19.1	2.5	11.7	1.6	10.6	1.7	6.7	1.5
	Hispanic	10.7	0.8	13.2	2.3	9.7	1.0	13.9	1.7	6.4	1.3
Education^b	Less than high school	12.6	0.9	16.4	1.9	11.7	1.1	11.8	1.7	10.4	1.8
	High school graduate	7.9	0.5	13.4	1.6	8.8	1.1	8.5	0.8	5.4	0.8
	At least some college	8.4	0.4	11.9	1.7	9.8	1.5	10.0	0.8	7.1	0.6
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	9.5	0.4	13.6	1.7	12.5	1.2	11.3	0.8	7.4	0.6
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	11.1	0.7	16.5	1.5	11.4	1.4	9.7	1.3	7.5	1.3
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	8.6	0.4	10.5	1.9	11.4	1.5	10.0	0.7	7.2	0.6
	Public only	14.5	1.1	16.9	1.8	11.1	1.4	14.7	2.7	*	*
	Uninsured	15.8	1.3	17.5	2.8	15.4	2.1	17.0	2.4	12.5	3.0
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	6.4	1.1	*	*	6.9	1.8	*	*	5.7	1.6
	Medicare and private	4.3	0.5	13.6	3.7	*	*	4.5	1.1	3.6	0.8
	Medicare and other public	10.3	2.2	*	*	11.7	2.8	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	9.3	0.3	15.5	1.1	10.3	0.8	10.3	0.7	7.1	0.5
	Large central metro	10.3	0.7	17.4	1.9	11.4	1.4	12.5	1.3	6.6	0.9
	Large fringe metro	8.7	0.6	18.7	2.9	8.0	1.6	9.0	1.2	7.5	0.9
	Medium metro	8.8	0.6	11.5	2.1	10.2	1.6	9.3	1.3	7.3	0.8
	Small metro	8.5	0.9	10.8	3.1	10.9	2.2	9.6	1.9	6.5	1.3
	Nonmetropolitan	7.9	0.7	10.0	2.0	9.7	1.7	8.4	1.1	5.9	0.8
	Micropolitan	8.7	0.8	10.7	2.6	12.2	2.3	9.7	1.6	5.9	1.0
	Noncore	6.4	0.8	8.8	2.5	*	*	6.2	1.2	5.8	1.2
Language spoken most often at home	English	8.8	0.3	14.8	1.1	10.2	0.8	9.7	0.6	6.7	0.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	11.8	0.9	12.1	2.1	9.9	1.5	12.8	1.8	12.6	2.3
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	8.0	0.3	13.3	1.2	8.8	0.8	9.0	0.6	6.4	0.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	14.6	0.8	16.8	1.9	14.1	1.6	15.0	1.6	12.7	1.9
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	11.6	0.8	16.8	2.1	10.3	1.4	12.9	1.5	8.1	1.3
	Complex activities	14.5	1.1	17.5	2.4	12.4	1.8	15.7	2.2	12.0	2.5
	Neither basic nor complex activities	8.3	0.3	12.4	1.1	10.3	0.9	9.2	0.6	6.7	0.5

^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 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_3-5c: 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_3-5c.html