Table 12_1_5-3c

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_5.3c
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers always explained things in a way they could understand, 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		60.3	0.5	57.0	1.6	58.5	1.2	59.5	1.0	62.2	0.8
Age	18–44	58.7	0.8	55.7	2.1	56.6	1.9	57.7	1.5	61.1	1.4
	45–64	61.2	0.8	54.7	2.7	55.3	2.4	59.3	1.7	64.1	1.2
	65 and over	62.5	1.0	64.0	3.1	63.8	2.1	64.4	2.2	59.8	1.7
Gender	Male	60.6	0.7	56.9	2.5	57.2	1.9	58.8	1.4	63.2	1.0
Gender	Female	60.1	0.6	57.0	1.8	59.3	1.4	59.9	1.2	61.4	1.0
Race	White, single race	60.3	0.6	56.4	1.9	58.7	1.3	58.9	1.1	62.3	0.8
	Black, single race	64.5	1.4	59.7	2.8	59.5	2.9	69.1	2.3	66.9	2.5
	Asian, single race	50.5	2.9	*	*	*	*	43.8	6.1	55.0	3.7
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	63.9	4.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	60.9	0.5	58.4	1.8	58.7	1.4	60.0	1.1	62.5	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	60.8	0.6	58.2	2.2	59.0	1.5	59.4	1.2	62.6	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	65.0	1.4	59.8	2.9	59.5	2.9	69.8	2.4	67.9	2.6
	Hispanic	55.2	1.8	49.9	3.2	57.5	2.6	54.5	3.2	57.3	3.8
Education^b	Less than high school	56.6	1.3	53.8	2.2	56.7	2.2	56.3	2.5	60.8	3.0
	High school graduate	60.1	0.9	56.2	2.9	59.8	2.1	60.5	1.4	61.0	1.6
	At least some college	61.7	0.7	63.2	2.9	58.9	2.1	60.0	1.6	62.8	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	61.1	0.7	59.8	2.5	57.4	1.7	59.1	1.2	63.2	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	55.0	1.1	52.0	2.3	53.3	2.6	55.1	2.2	58.9	2.3
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	61.2	0.6	60.4	3.2	58.4	1.9	59.3	1.2	62.8	0.9
	Public only	54.1	1.6	53.1	2.2	54.9	2.6	53.5	4.6	*	*
	Uninsured	54.0	1.8	54.0	3.9	51.2	3.0	52.7	3.2	60.4	5.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	62.8	2.1	61.4	6.4	62.2	4.0	66.3	3.8	59.6	4.7
	Medicare and private	62.6	1.4	65.9	5.4	67.5	3.4	63.8	2.8	59.5	2.0
	Medicare and other public	62.2	3.2	65.7	4.5	57.3	4.8	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	60.3	0.5	56.4	1.8	57.9	1.4	59.4	1.1	62.5	0.8
	Large central metro	58.0	0.9	55.4	2.6	52.4	2.2	55.4	1.9	62.4	1.4
	Large fringe metro	63.0	1.1	59.0	4.0	64.0	3.0	61.8	2.2	63.9	1.7
	Medium metro	61.3	1.0	57.3	3.6	61.7	2.8	62.0	2.0	61.6	1.8
	Small metro	58.2	1.8	53.0	5.2	56.7	3.7	57.5	4.1	60.2	2.6
	Nonmetropolitan	60.3	1.3	59.5	3.3	61.0	2.2	59.9	2.2	60.5	2.3
	Micropolitan	60.1	1.8	56.9	4.6	60.6	3.2	59.2	3.0	61.4	2.6
	Noncore	60.5	2.2	63.8	5.3	61.5	3.2	61.0	3.1	57.8	4.1
Language spoken most often at home	English	61.0	0.5	58.2	1.7	59.5	1.3	60.4	1.1	62.5	0.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	51.5	2.1	49.1	3.5	52.5	3.2	49.0	3.5	55.1	4.9
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	61.8	0.6	57.7	1.8	60.9	1.3	60.9	1.1	63.2	0.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	52.3	1.2	55.6	2.3	51.8	2.3	51.5	2.5	50.9	2.8
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	54.7	1.3	55.4	2.6	53.5	2.4	55.7	2.4	54.4	2.5
	Complex activities	52.1	1.4	52.1	2.7	53.0	2.7	50.3	2.9	53.6	3.6
	Neither basic nor complex activities	61.7	0.6	58.6	1.9	60.4	1.4	60.3	1.1	63.3	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_5-3c: 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_5-3c.html