Table 12_1_11-4d

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_11.4d
Rating of 7–8 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		38.0	0.6	32.3	1.2	35.2	0.9	41.3	0.8
Age	18–44	42.6	0.9	38.1	1.8	39.6	1.5	45.3	1.1
	45–64	37.5	0.8	34.4	2.3	34.3	1.6	40.1	1.1
	65 and over	28.3	1.2	22.5	1.7	28.8	1.9	31.4	1.9
Gender	Male	39.1	0.8	33.8	1.7	37.7	1.3	41.5	1.1
Gender	Female	37.1	0.7	31.1	1.5	33.5	1.2	41.1	0.9
Race	White, single race	37.2	0.6	32.2	1.4	34.0	1.0	40.6	0.8
	Black, single race	39.4	1.6	31.8	2.3	38.8	2.7	43.4	2.4
	Asian, single race	50.5	2.7	*	*	*	*	51.5	3.5
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	37.5	4.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	38.3	0.6	32.7	1.4	35.5	1.0	41.2	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	37.5	0.7	32.7	1.6	34.2	1.0	40.5	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	39.3	1.6	32.3	2.4	38.8	2.7	43.0	2.4
	Hispanic	34.9	1.5	30.6	2.5	31.4	2.6	42.2	2.8
Family income^b	Negative/poor	34.6	1.4	31.2	1.9	34.1	2.6	40.2	2.8
	Near poor/low	33.9	1.1	30.9	2.0	32.5	1.9	38.4	2.1
	Middle	38.8	1.1	31.7	2.3	36.8	1.6	42.9	1.4
	High	39.4	0.9	37.2	3.2	35.3	1.6	41.0	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	41.4	0.7	37.8	1.8	37.9	1.2	43.7	0.9
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	36.3	1.1	34.8	2.0	34.1	1.7	39.2	1.8
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	41.3	0.7	39.8	2.3	38.0	1.2	43.0	0.9
	Public only	34.9	1.6	33.6	2.2	32.3	2.4	40.6	3.5
	Uninsured	37.4	1.8	32.8	2.9	34.7	3.0	43.9	3.3
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	29.5	2.1	22.2	3.1	32.4	3.8	32.5	3.8
	Medicare and private	27.6	1.6	22.5	2.6	26.5	2.3	30.5	2.1
	Medicare and other public	27.8	2.6	23.5	2.9	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	38.3	0.7	31.8	1.4	35.6	1.1	41.5	0.8
	Large central metro	38.8	1.0	32.0	1.9	36.9	1.9	41.8	1.4
	Large fringe metro	38.1	1.4	29.6	2.7	34.4	2.0	41.8	1.7
	Medium metro	36.5	1.4	30.8	2.8	35.6	2.0	38.8	1.7
	Small metro	41.2	1.5	37.6	4.0	35.1	3.2	46.3	2.2
	Nonmetropolitan	36.4	1.3	34.3	2.1	33.7	1.8	39.6	1.8
	Micropolitan	35.5	1.6	32.6	2.2	33.7	2.1	38.3	2.4
	Noncore	37.9	2.3	36.7	3.8	33.8	3.7	42.3	3.1
Language spoken most often at home	English	38.0	0.6	32.3	1.4	35.3	1.0	41.0	0.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	37.4	1.8	32.3	2.7	33.0	3.3	46.8	3.3
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	38.7	0.6	32.9	1.4	35.4	1.0	41.7	0.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	34.1	1.2	30.5	1.8	34.3	2.2	36.9	2.1
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	31.7	1.2	28.9	1.8	30.4	2.1	34.8	1.9
	Complex activities	32.4	1.4	29.6	2.3	30.1	2.4	37.3	2.5
	Neither basic nor complex activities	39.3	0.6	33.9	1.4	36.4	1.0	42.1	0.8

^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_11-4d: 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_11-4d.html