Table 6_3_11-3b
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.
| Population group | Total | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic, all races | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All races | White | Black | |||||||||
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 37.4 | 1.1 | 38.0 | 1.2 | 39.5 | 1.5 | 32.9 | 2.2 | 35.0 | 1.7 | |
| Age | 2–5 | 36.6 | 1.7 | 36.1 | 2.1 | 38.9 | 2.5 | 31.4 | 3.0 | 38.2 | 2.4 |
| 6–17 | 37.7 | 1.2 | 38.6 | 1.3 | 39.7 | 1.6 | 33.3 | 2.5 | 33.8 | 1.8 | |
| Gender | Male | 38.3 | 1.3 | 38.8 | 1.5 | 41.0 | 1.9 | 32.1 | 2.5 | 35.9 | 2.1 |
| Female | 36.6 | 1.3 | 37.2 | 1.4 | 37.9 | 1.7 | 33.7 | 2.7 | 34.0 | 2.0 | |
| Family incomea | Negative/poor | 32.3 | 1.8 | 31.9 | 2.5 | 31.8 | 3.5 | 31.2 | 3.3 | 33.2 | 2.3 |
| Near poor/low | 35.6 | 1.8 | 35.1 | 2.4 | 36.1 | 3.4 | 35.6 | 3.5 | 36.8 | 2.3 | |
| Middle | 37.3 | 1.8 | 38.7 | 2.0 | 38.8 | 2.4 | 33.7 | 4.0 | 29.7 | 3.1 | |
| High | 42.3 | 2.1 | 41.9 | 2.3 | 43.7 | 2.5 | 30.3 | 6.6 | 46.6 | 5.9 | |
| Health insurance | Any private | 40.5 | 1.4 | 40.6 | 1.5 | 41.8 | 1.8 | 34.7 | 3.1 | 39.5 | 3.0 |
| Public only | 33.5 | 1.4 | 33.7 | 2.0 | 32.5 | 2.7 | 33.0 | 3.0 | 33.3 | 2.0 | |
| Uninsured | 23.8 | 2.6 | 21.6 | 3.6 | 25.5 | 5.3 | * | * | 27.4 | 3.9 | |
| Residence locationb | Metropolitan | 39.9 | 1.2 | 41.1 | 1.4 | 43.3 | 1.8 | 34.6 | 2.2 | 35.7 | 1.7 |
| Large central metro | 38.5 | 1.8 | 40.0 | 2.4 | 42.6 | 3.6 | 35.6 | 3.3 | 35.7 | 2.6 | |
| Large fringe metro | 43.4 | 2.5 | 44.1 | 2.8 | 46.9 | 3.1 | 35.8 | 4.4 | 38.8 | 4.4 | |
| Medium metro | 38.1 | 2.7 | 38.9 | 3.0 | 39.8 | 3.6 | 29.0 | 4.1 | 34.5 | 3.5 | |
| Small metro | 38.4 | 2.9 | 40.0 | 3.3 | 41.3 | 3.6 | 35.5 | 5.6 | 29.3 | 5.7 | |
| Nonmetropolitan | 24.3 | 2.2 | 24.0 | 2.2 | 24.0 | 2.3 | * | * | 26.5 | 5.2 | |
| Micropolitan | 23.4 | 2.4 | 22.5 | 2.4 | 22.3 | 2.6 | 22.2 | 6.3 | 31.6 | 5.4 | |
| Noncore | 25.8 | 3.9 | 26.8 | 4.0 | 27.3 | 4.3 | * | * | * | * | |
| Language spoken most often at home | English | 38.0 | 1.2 | 38.4 | 1.3 | 39.6 | 1.6 | 32.9 | 2.3 | 34.7 | 2.6 |
| Other | 34.3 | 1.9 | 31.5 | 4.7 | 36.5 | 7.9 | * | * | 35.2 | 1.9 | |
| Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 37.5 | 1.1 | 38.2 | 1.3 | 39.7 | 1.5 | 32.5 | 2.2 | 34.9 | 1.7 |
| Fair/poor | 33.7 | 3.8 | 33.0 | 4.5 | * | * | * | * | 36.1 | 6.5 | |
| CSHCN | Yes | 43.5 | 1.8 | 43.4 | 1.9 | 44.8 | 2.3 | 36.4 | 3.5 | 44.0 | 4.7 |
| No | 35.9 | 1.2 | 36.5 | 1.3 | 37.9 | 1.7 | 31.9 | 2.4 | 33.6 | 1.7 | |
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: 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 6_3_11-3b: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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