Table 12_1_4-2

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_4.2
Children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers listened carefully, United States, 2002
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^c	Percent had visit	Health providers listened carefully
				Always		Usually		Sometimes or never
				Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		72,699	76.6	72.2	0.8	21.5	0.7	6.4	0.4
Age	0–5	23,153	86.8	72.6	1.2	21.1	1.1	6.2	0.6
Age	6–17	49,546	71.8	71.9	0.9	21.6	0.8	6.5	0.5
Gender	Male	37,236	76.5	71.9	1.0	21.8	0.9	6.3	0.5
Gender	Female	35,463	76.7	72.4	0.9	21.1	0.9	6.4	0.5
Race	White, single race	56,132	78.2	72.5	0.9	21.2	0.8	6.3	0.5
	Black, single race	11,123	71.6	74.5	2.0	19.0	1.8	6.5	0.8
	Asian, single race	2,576	67.0	60.7	4.7	33.6	4.0	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	295	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	815	62.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	1,757	76.3	58.0	4.7	32.8	4.4	9.1	2.5
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	59,402	78.9	72.8	0.8	21.4	0.8	5.7	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	43,463	81.9	73.6	1.0	21.0	0.9	5.5	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	10,859	71.5	74.6	2.0	19.0	1.9	6.4	0.9
	Hispanic	13,297	66.2	68.7	1.7	21.5	1.4	9.8	0.9
Family income^a	Negative/poor	12,438	67.0	68.0	1.8	21.0	1.7	11.0	1.1
	Near poor/low	15,494	71.3	70.8	1.6	21.2	1.5	7.9	0.9
	Middle	25,004	78.1	71.8	1.3	22.2	1.1	6.0	0.7
	High	19,762	84.7	75.5	1.4	21.0	1.3	3.5	0.5
Health insurance	Any private	47,956	81.0	73.4	0.9	21.5	0.9	5.2	0.4
	Public only	19,360	71.5	69.7	1.5	20.7	1.3	9.6	0.8
	Uninsured	5,382	55.5	67.7	3.1	24.7	2.6	7.6	1.5
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	61,800	76.5	71.6	0.9	21.9	0.8	6.5	0.4
	Large central metro	22,159	72.2	68.9	1.4	23.3	1.4	7.8	0.7
	Large fringe metro	18,261	79.2	74.8	1.4	19.1	1.3	6.1	0.8
	Medium metro	14,969	78.4	71.0	2.0	23.6	1.9	5.4	0.8
	Small metro	6,410	79.7	72.2	2.6	21.5	2.2	6.3	1.3
	Nonmetropolitan	10,899	76.7	75.4	1.8	19.1	1.8	5.5	0.8
	Micropolitan	7,270	77.4	76.0	2.1	18.7	2.1	5.3	0.8
	Noncore	3,629	75.2	74.1	3.1	19.8	2.9	6.1	1.5
Language spoken most often at home	English	64,808	78.5	72.7	0.8	21.3	0.8	6.0	0.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	7,582	59.9	65.7	2.3	23.4	2.0	10.9	1.5
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	71,080	76.3	72.3	0.8	21.5	0.7	6.2	0.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,619	88.5	65.7	3.8	20.0	3.3	14.3	2.7
CSHCN	Yes	14,116	90.2	70.4	1.5	21.2	1.3	8.3	0.8
CSHCN	No	57,966	73.2	72.7	0.9	21.5	0.9	5.8	0.4

^a 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.

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

^c 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_4-2: 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_4-2.html