Table 12_1_8-3c

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_8.3c
Children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers always showed respect for what they or their parents had to say, 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		79.7	0.8	74.3	2.0	77.1	1.7	80.4	1.5	83.5	1.4
Age	0–5	79.0	1.2	74.1	2.3	75.6	2.4	80.8	2.3	82.9	2.2
Age	6–17	80.0	1.0	74.4	2.5	78.0	2.0	80.1	1.8	83.9	1.5
Gender	Male	79.0	1.1	74.0	2.3	77.2	2.1	78.8	1.9	82.9	1.7
Gender	Female	80.4	0.9	74.6	2.4	76.9	2.1	82.0	1.7	84.2	1.7
Race	White, single race	79.8	1.0	73.7	2.4	75.5	2.1	79.9	1.6	84.6	1.5
	Black, single race	82.6	1.8	74.7	3.4	84.7	2.6	88.9	2.8	85.7	3.7
	Asian, single race	68.2	4.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	75.4	4.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	80.8	0.9	75.3	2.4	79.4	2.0	81.3	1.6	83.3	1.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	81.4	1.1	75.6	3.4	78.0	2.7	80.9	1.8	84.4	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	82.5	1.8	74.3	3.4	85.2	2.5	89.0	2.8	85.3	3.8
	Hispanic, all races	74.3	1.7	72.0	2.6	71.0	3.0	74.7	3.8	86.7	3.4
Health insurance	Any private	81.3	1.0	79.9	4.4	75.8	2.8	80.1	1.7	84.1	1.5
	Public only	76.3	1.4	73.1	2.1	79.2	2.0	79.8	3.5	*	*
	Uninsured	76.9	3.1	*	*	67.7	6.0	*	*	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	80.1	0.9	74.4	2.1	76.9	2.0	80.7	1.6	84.0	1.5
	Large central metro	78.1	1.6	72.5	2.7	75.2	3.0	83.2	2.7	78.8	3.2
	Large fringe metro	81.2	1.5	71.1	5.2	77.7	4.1	78.6	2.9	86.4	1.9
	Medium metro	81.3	1.7	79.6	3.5	78.5	3.6	80.2	3.1	85.0	2.9
	Small metro	81.1	2.8	75.5	4.2	78.3	6.5	79.7	4.1	87.4	3.2
	Nonmetropolitan	77.3	2.0	74.0	4.8	77.9	3.0	78.8	3.2	77.8	4.5
	Micropolitan	77.5	2.4	72.1	5.9	75.8	4.2	78.7	3.5	*	*
	Noncore	77.0	3.5	76.6	7.0	80.7	4.4	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	81.1	0.9	76.4	2.2	79.3	1.8	81.0	1.5	84.3	1.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	69.8	2.0	67.2	3.4	69.5	3.2	74.5	4.6	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	80.0	0.9	75.2	2.0	77.1	1.7	80.5	1.5	83.8	1.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	69.6	3.9	59.2	7.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	75.7	1.4	71.2	3.2	77.5	2.8	75.7	2.7	77.2	3.0
CSHCN	No	80.9	0.9	75.1	2.1	77.0	1.9	82.0	1.6	85.2	1.6

^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 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; 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_8-3c: 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_8-3c.html