Table 12_1_10-4a

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.

Table 12_1_10.4a
Children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers usually spent enough time with them, by race, United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Single race										Multiple races
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		20.8	0.8	20.8	1.0	19.0	1.8	32.8	4.9	*	*	*	*	15.4	3.0
Age	0–5	20.8	1.2	19.8	1.4	20.5	3.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	22.7	5.5
Age	6–17	20.8	1.0	21.4	1.2	18.2	1.7	26.5	5.3	*	*	*	*	9.9	2.8
Gender	Male	21.5	1.1	21.4	1.2	19.6	2.3	34.0	6.5	*	*	*	*	16.7	3.9
Gender	Female	20.1	1.0	20.2	1.2	18.4	2.2	31.8	5.7	*	*	*	*	14.0	3.9
Family income^a	Negative/poor	21.5	1.7	22.9	2.0	17.1	2.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	21.6	1.5	22.5	1.9	19.2	3.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Middle	20.8	1.5	20.8	1.7	19.7	3.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High	19.9	1.4	19.1	1.6	21.5	4.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance	Any private	20.4	1.0	20.1	1.2	18.8	2.2	32.5	5.8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Public only	21.3	1.4	22.4	1.6	18.2	2.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	21.4	5.3
	Uninsured	23.8	2.9	23.0	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	20.9	0.9	21.0	1.1	18.3	1.6	32.9	4.9	*	*	*	*	14.6	3.3
	Large central metro	21.5	1.5	21.8	1.8	15.9	2.2	41.0	7.9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Large fringe metro	22.2	1.6	21.7	1.8	23.7	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	17.6	1.6	17.9	2.0	17.5	3.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	22.4	2.6	23.9	3.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	20.2	1.9	19.9	1.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	21.1	2.0	22.4	2.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	18.4	3.4	15.4	2.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	19.7	0.9	19.8	1.1	18.5	1.8	33.2	7.1	*	*	*	*	14.7	3.0
Language spoken most often at home	Other	28.1	1.8	27.4	2.2	*	*	32.4	6.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	20.6	0.9	20.6	1.0	19.4	1.9	32.3	4.8	*	*	*	*	13.6	3.0
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	25.7	3.4	28.1	4.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	23.1	1.4	22.9	1.7	21.0	2.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	No	19.9	0.9	20.0	1.1	18.0	1.9	31.3	5.4	*	*	*	*	12.5	3.1

^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: 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.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 12_1_10-4a: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/12_patientcenteredness/T12_1_10-4a.html