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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 14_1_6.5c
Children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never explained things clearly, by family income,a United States, 2006
    Total Negative/poor Near poor/low Middle High
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   4.03 0.38 7.17 0.97 5.20 0.82 3.56 0.52 DSU DSU
Age 0–5 4.17 0.63 6.39 1.30 6.18 1.42 DSU DSU DSU DSU
6–17 3.94 0.37 7.85 1.30 4.53 0.82 4.17 0.60 1.61 0.47
Gender Male 4.12 0.43 7.18 1.18 5.31 1.27 3.93 0.72 DSU DSU
Female 3.93 0.50 7.17 1.20 5.08 0.95 3.18 0.65 DSU DSU
Race White, single race 3.90 0.44 7.52 1.27 5.63 1.05 3.37 0.57 DSU DSU
Black, single race 4.76 0.68 6.59 1.31 DSU DSU 3.73 1.07 DSU DSU
Asian, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
NHOPI, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
AI/AN, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Multiple races DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 3.59 0.43 7.28 1.21 4.25 0.97 3.19 0.55 DSU DSU
Non-Hispanic, White 3.28 0.52 7.86 1.94 DSU DSU 2.82 0.60 DSU DSU
Non-Hispanic, Black 4.48 0.62 6.51 1.32 DSU DSU 3.60 0.99 DSU DSU
Hispanic, all races 6.01 0.73 6.93 1.25 7.50 1.52 5.36 1.51 DSU DSU
Health insurance Any private 2.65 0.40 DSU DSU DSU DSU 2.73 0.51 DSU DSU
Public only 6.91 0.65 7.15 0.96 6.07 1.00 8.21 2.17 DSU DSU
Uninsured DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Residence locationb Metropolitan 4.03 0.43 7.57 1.11 5.34 0.85 3.67 0.60 DSU DSU
  Large central metro 4.09 0.51 6.14 1.30 5.56 1.20 4.09 0.93 DSU DSU
  Large fringe metro 3.55 1.03 DSU DSU DSU DSU 4.44 1.32 DSU DSU
  Medium metro 4.30 0.79 9.69 2.24 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  Small metro 4.63 1.18 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Nonmetropolitan 4.05 0.74 DSU DSU DSU DSU 3.03 0.81 DSU DSU
  Micropolitan 4.81 1.06 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 3.73 0.42 7.43 1.16 4.67 0.92 3.15 0.51 DSU DSU
Other 6.21 0.89 6.21 1.43 7.13 1.75 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Perceived health status Excellent/very good/good 3.76 0.38 6.40 0.92 5.27 0.84 3.30 0.50 DSU DSU
Fair/poor 14.91 2.98 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
CSHCN Yes 5.26 0.68 7.67 1.71 7.55 1.85 4.77 1.23 DSU DSU
No 3.66 0.42 6.93 1.06 4.54 0.76 3.20 0.56 DSU DSU

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 For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DSU - 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.

 

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