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2011 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.

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Adults with limited English proficiency and usual source of care who had assistance, by ethnicity, United States, 2008
		Total		Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		89.5	1.9	71.1	7.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	94.6	1.1
Age	18-44	89.7	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	94.3	1.4
	45-64	91.6	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	95.2	1.8
	65 and over	86.5	4.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	94.2	2.6
Gender	Male�	92.8	1.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	95.0	1.6
Gender	Female	87.8	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	94.4	1.2
Family income^a	Negative/poor	89.9	3.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	95.8	1.6
	Near poor/low	91.1	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	94.4	1.5
	Middle	88.2	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	93.2	2.5
	High	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Education^b	Less than high school	92.2	1.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	95.6	1.1
	High school graduate	84.1	4.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	95.4	3.2
	At least some college	84.0	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	92.6	1.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	94.7	1.2
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	87.5	2.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	94.7	1.8
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	87.4	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	92.5	2.0
	Public only	88.9	3.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	93.7	2.3
	Uninsured	95.4	2.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	97.4	1.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	84.9	7.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	89.3	2.0	71.0	7.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	94.7	1.1
	Large central metro	91.0	2.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	95.9	1.2
	Large fringe metro�	82.6	5.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	86.8	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	92.3	4.1
	Small metro	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	Other	89.5	1.9	71.1	7.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	94.6	1.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	88.5	2.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	94.7	1.1
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	91.6	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	94.5	1.9
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	87.0	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	95.6	2.7
	Complex activities�	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	90.3	1.7	71.8	7.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	94.7	1.1
U.S. born	Yes	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
U.S. born	No	90.2	1.9	73.2	7.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	94.9	1.0

^a. Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, 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 B: Detailed Methods.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T14_1_13_1_2b: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/14_patientcenteredness/T14_1_13_1_2b.html