Table 6_3_5-2b
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 | 50.7 | 1.1 | 53.7 | 1.2 | 58.5 | 1.4 | 40.1 | 2.1 | 38.4 | 1.8 | |
| Age | 2–5 | 34.6 | 1.7 | 36.5 | 2.0 | 39.8 | 2.4 | 27.6 | 2.9 | 27.8 | 2.5 |
| 6–17 | 55.9 | 1.2 | 59.1 | 1.3 | 64.2 | 1.5 | 43.9 | 2.4 | 42.5 | 2.0 | |
| Gender | Male | 49.3 | 1.2 | 52.4 | 1.4 | 57.8 | 1.5 | 37.4 | 2.9 | 37.2 | 2.2 |
| Female | 52.1 | 1.3 | 55.1 | 1.4 | 59.2 | 1.8 | 42.9 | 2.3 | 39.8 | 2.1 | |
| Family incomeb | Negative/poor | 36.4 | 1.9 | 36.1 | 2.3 | 40.1 | 3.7 | 33.2 | 2.9 | 36.9 | 3.0 |
| Near poor/low | 39.5 | 1.7 | 44.3 | 2.2 | 48.2 | 3.0 | 38.0 | 3.7 | 28.8 | 2.1 | |
| Middle | 51.6 | 1.7 | 53.7 | 1.9 | 56.6 | 2.2 | 43.4 | 3.7 | 40.7 | 3.5 | |
| High | 67.2 | 1.8 | 67.3 | 1.9 | 69.7 | 2.0 | 53.8 | 6.0 | 65.0 | 5.6 | |
| Health insurance | Any private | 58.7 | 1.4 | 60.2 | 1.5 | 63.2 | 1.6 | 45.7 | 3.1 | 47.5 | 3.0 |
| Public only | 38.4 | 1.4 | 39.1 | 1.8 | 42.6 | 2.5 | 36.5 | 2.8 | 37.2 | 2.3 | |
| Uninsured | 24.5 | 3.0 | 31.1 | 4.2 | 35.2 | 6.1 | * | * | 13.7 | 2.8 | |
| Residence locationc | Metropolitan | 51.5 | 1.2 | 54.9 | 1.4 | 59.9 | 1.7 | 41.5 | 2.1 | 39.4 | 1.9 |
| Large central metro | 45.0 | 1.6 | 48.6 | 1.9 | 55.0 | 2.6 | 40.5 | 3.0 | 37.8 | 2.4 | |
| Large fringe metro | 55.7 | 2.4 | 58.2 | 2.7 | 62.8 | 3.0 | 40.3 | 4.1 | 39.5 | 4.1 | |
| Medium metro | 54.6 | 2.6 | 57.1 | 2.7 | 60.4 | 2.8 | 42.6 | 6.0 | 41.9 | 5.2 | |
| Small metro | 56.1 | 3.6 | 57.6 | 3.9 | 59.3 | 4.4 | 48.9 | 5.4 | 46.4 | 5.0 | |
| Nonmetropolitan | 46.1 | 2.3 | 48.2 | 2.4 | 52.6 | 2.5 | 31.1 | 5.1 | 26.5 | 4.9 | |
| Micropolitan | 46.4 | 2.5 | 48.3 | 2.7 | 51.5 | 3.3 | 32.3 | 5.9 | 30.2 | 4.9 | |
| Noncore | 45.7 | 4.7 | 48.0 | 4.4 | 54.6 | 4.7 | 29.6 | 4.8 | * | * | |
| Language spoken most often at home | English | 53.3 | 1.2 | 54.5 | 1.3 | 58.9 | 1.4 | 40.1 | 2.1 | 42.9 | 2.9 |
| Other | 36.0 | 1.9 | 38.9 | 4.4 | 45.6 | 7.7 | * | * | 34.9 | 2.0 | |
| Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 50.9 | 1.1 | 54.0 | 1.2 | 58.8 | 1.4 | 40.0 | 2.2 | 38.3 | 1.8 |
| Fair/poor | 42.5 | 4.3 | 42.6 | 5.2 | * | * | * | * | 42.2 | 6.7 | |
| CSHCN | Yes | 56.3 | 1.9 | 58.4 | 2.1 | 62.7 | 2.5 | 45.8 | 3.6 | 42.9 | 4.9 |
| No | 50.3 | 1.2 | 53.5 | 1.3 | 58.4 | 1.6 | 39.4 | 2.2 | 38.5 | 1.9 | |
a Dental visit is based on event data.
b 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.
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: 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_5-2b: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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