National Healthcare Disparities Report 2004

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Table 3.3a. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Patient Perceptions of Care

Measure	Racial Differenceⁱ					Ethnic Differenceⁱⁱ
Measure	Black	Asian	NHOPI	AI/AN	>1 Race	Hispanic
Patient-Provider Communicationⁱⁱⁱ
People with provider who usually asks about medications and treatments other doctors may give	↑	=ⁱⁱⁱ		=		↑
Adults whose providers sometimes or never listened carefully to them	=	↓ⁱⁱⁱ		=		↓
Adults whose providers sometimes or never explained things in a way they could understand	↓	↓ⁱⁱⁱ		=		↓
Adults whose providers sometimes or never showed respect for what they had to say	=	=ⁱⁱⁱ		↓		↓
Patient- Provider Relationshipⁱⁱⁱ
People not satisfied with quality of care received from provider	=	↓ⁱⁱⁱ		↓		↓
Adults whose providers sometimes or never spent enough time with them	=	↓ⁱⁱⁱ		↓		↓
Adults who rate their health care in the past year <7 on a scale from 0 to 10	↓	=ⁱⁱⁱ		↓		↓

ⁱCompared with whites.
ⁱⁱCompared with non-Hispanic whites.
ⁱⁱⁱSource: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2001. This source did not collect information on Asians and NHOPIs separately but in aggregate as Asian or Pacific Islander. This source did not collect information for >1 race.
Key: NHOPI=Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; AI/AN=American Indian or Alaska Native; HS=high school.

Key to Symbols Used in Access to Health Care Tables:
=: Group and comparison group have about same access to health care.
↑Group has better access to health care than the comparison group.
↓Group has worse access to health care than the comparison group.
Blank cell: Reliable estimate for group could not be made.

Table 3.3b. Socioeconomic Differences in Patient Perceptions of Care

Measure	Income Differenceⁱ			Educational Differenceⁱⁱ		Insurance Differenceⁱⁱⁱ
Measure	<100%	100-199%	200-399%	<HS	HS Grad	Uninsured
Patient-Provider Communication^iv
People with provider who usually asks about medications and treatments other doctors may give	=	=	=	=	↓	↑
Adults whose providers sometimes or never listened carefully	↓	↓	↓	↓	=	↓
Adults whose providers sometimes or never explained things in a way they could understand	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓
Adults whose providers sometimes or never showed respect for what they had to say	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓
Patient- Provider Relationship^iv
People not satisfied with quality of care from provider	↓	↓	↓	=	=	↓
Adults whose providers sometimes or never spent enough time	↓	↓	↓	↓	=	↓
Adults who rate their health care in the past year <7 on a scale from 0 to 10	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓	↓

ⁱCompared with persons with family incomes 400% of Federal poverty thresholds or above.
ⁱⁱCompared with persons with any college education.
ⁱⁱⁱCompared with persons under 65 with any private health insurance.
^ivSource: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2001.
Key: NHOPI=Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; AI/AN=American Indian or Alaska Native; HS=high school

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