Table 12_1_11-3d

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_11.3d
Rating of 9–10 on a scale from 0 to 10 of health care by adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months, by education,^a United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		48.9	0.6	49.6	1.3	50.1	1.1	48.0	0.8
Age	18–44	41.9	0.9	40.1	1.8	42.6	1.5	42.1	1.1
	45–64	49.9	0.9	46.4	2.3	50.9	1.7	50.0	1.2
	65 and over	62.8	1.3	65.4	2.0	62.8	2.0	61.2	1.9
Gender	Male	47.3	0.9	47.2	1.8	46.4	1.5	47.8	1.1
Gender	Female	50.1	0.7	51.5	1.5	52.7	1.2	48.1	1.0
Race	White, single race	50.5	0.7	51.1	1.4	52.2	1.1	49.4	0.9
	Black, single race	42.1	1.6	44.6	2.4	39.8	2.6	42.6	2.3
	Asian, single race	32.7	2.6	*	*	*	*	32.7	3.3
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	46.9	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	49.0	0.7	49.0	1.5	50.0	1.1	48.4	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	50.7	0.7	50.8	1.7	52.2	1.2	49.9	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	42.2	1.6	43.9	2.4	39.5	2.6	43.2	2.3
	Hispanic	48.2	1.5	51.7	2.3	52.3	2.9	41.2	2.8
Family income^b	Negative/poor	41.9	1.6	44.5	2.1	38.1	3.0	42.4	3.0
	Near poor/low	50.1	1.3	52.4	2.2	51.0	2.1	47.1	2.3
	Middle	47.1	1.1	50.0	2.6	49.1	1.8	44.5	1.5
	High	51.1	0.9	51.6	3.1	54.0	1.5	50.1	1.1
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	45.5	0.7	42.8	1.9	47.2	1.3	45.3	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	45.5	1.2	42.2	2.1	45.0	2.0	47.9	2.0
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	46.8	0.7	43.8	2.3	48.2	1.3	46.5	0.9
	Public only	41.2	1.8	40.6	2.4	44.2	2.8	37.5	3.6
	Uninsured	39.6	1.9	42.2	3.0	37.8	3.0	39.1	3.2
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	60.3	2.2	65.6	3.9	59.1	3.6	57.0	4.0
	Medicare and private	65.1	1.7	68.4	3.0	65.9	2.4	63.2	2.3
	Medicare and other public	57.9	3.0	59.7	3.5	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	48.7	0.7	50.0	1.5	50.1	1.2	47.6	0.9
	Large central metro	46.4	1.1	45.5	2.1	47.6	2.0	46.2	1.5
	Large fringe metro	50.1	1.4	56.6	3.0	51.9	2.2	47.9	1.7
	Medium metro	50.7	1.5	50.7	3.1	50.7	2.1	50.7	1.9
	Small metro	47.2	1.7	49.2	3.8	50.5	3.3	44.4	2.2
	Nonmetropolitan	49.8	1.2	48.2	2.2	50.3	2.0	50.0	2.2
	Micropolitan	50.4	1.5	49.1	2.7	50.4	2.5	50.8	2.4
	Noncore	48.8	2.4	46.9	4.1	50.3	3.8	48.5	4.3
Language spoken most often at home	English	49.2	0.7	49.6	1.4	50.2	1.1	48.6	0.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	44.8	1.7	49.8	2.7	49.5	3.5	35.5	3.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	50.0	0.6	50.3	1.5	52.3	1.2	48.7	0.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	42.8	1.3	48.1	2.2	40.3	2.2	40.8	2.3
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	48.9	1.5	53.1	2.0	49.3	2.2	45.6	2.3
	Complex activities	43.4	1.7	45.3	2.6	42.7	2.5	42.3	2.9
	Neither basic nor complex activities	49.2	0.7	49.0	1.6	50.6	1.1	48.5	0.9

^a 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.

^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: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; 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_11-3d: 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_11-3d.html