Table 12_1_11-5c

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_11.5c
Rating of 0–6 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 family income,^a United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		13.2	0.4	23.8	1.4	16.2	0.9	14.2	0.8	9.4	0.5
Age	18–44	15.5	0.7	26.9	2.1	19.2	1.7	16.0	1.1	10.7	0.9
	45–64	12.7	0.6	24.9	2.4	19.2	1.6	14.6	1.2	9.0	0.7
	65 and over	9.1	0.7	13.9	2.3	9.6	1.2	9.0	1.4	7.6	1.1
Gender	Male	13.7	0.6	26.0	2.2	15.7	1.6	16.1	1.1	9.8	0.7
Gender	Female	12.9	0.5	22.6	1.6	16.4	1.1	12.8	0.9	9.1	0.6
Race	White, single race	12.3	0.4	20.9	1.6	15.7	1.0	13.6	0.8	9.0	0.5
	Black, single race	18.6	1.0	30.5	2.5	16.7	1.7	15.7	1.8	14.3	2.1
	Asian, single race	17.8	2.8	*	*	*	*	22.2	6.6	13.4	2.6
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	15.7	3.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	12.9	0.4	24.0	1.6	16.4	1.0	13.7	0.8	9.2	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	11.8	0.5	20.6	1.9	16.1	1.2	13.0	0.8	8.7	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	18.7	1.1	30.5	2.7	16.8	1.8	16.0	1.9	14.0	2.1
	Hispanic	17.0	1.1	22.8	2.3	14.7	1.5	19.1	2.2	13.0	1.9
Education^b	Less than high school	18.1	1.0	24.3	2.0	16.7	1.3	18.3	2.0	11.3	1.9
	High school graduate	14.7	0.6	27.8	2.5	16.5	1.4	14.1	1.0	10.7	1.1
	At least some college	10.8	0.5	17.4	2.1	14.5	1.6	12.5	1.0	8.9	0.6
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	13.1	0.6	24.6	2.6	19.1	1.5	15.2	1.0	9.5	0.6
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	18.3	0.9	27.2	1.9	19.3	1.6	16.4	1.5	11.6	1.6
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	12.0	0.5	20.7	2.9	17.1	1.8	14.2	0.9	9.4	0.5
	Public only	24.0	1.4	26.7	2.0	20.9	2.0	21.4	3.6	*	*
	Uninsured	23.2	1.5	31.8	3.4	23.0	2.6	22.2	2.5	15.2	3.3
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	10.3	1.4	*	*	10.0	2.0	*	*	10.5	2.8
	Medicare and private	7.4	0.8	11.4	3.3	7.1	1.7	7.5	1.3	6.9	1.2
	Medicare and other public	15.5	2.4	13.9	3.4	14.6	3.1	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	13.1	0.5	23.7	1.5	15.9	1.1	14.5	0.9	9.3	0.5
	Large central metro	14.8	0.9	27.3	2.6	18.2	1.8	16.7	1.4	9.1	0.9
	Large fringe metro	12.0	0.7	19.1	2.9	12.7	2.0	14.2	1.6	9.7	1.0
	Medium metro	12.8	1.0	23.6	2.6	15.3	2.0	13.3	1.5	9.2	1.0
	Small metro	11.6	1.1	17.7	3.9	15.7	2.5	11.4	1.9	8.9	1.4
	Nonmetropolitan	13.9	0.9	24.1	2.8	17.0	1.9	12.9	1.3	10.2	1.4
	Micropolitan	14.2	1.0	24.9	3.4	16.6	2.4	14.7	1.5	10.2	1.9
	Noncore	13.3	1.6	22.7	4.2	17.5	2.6	10.0	2.2	10.4	2.4
Language spoken most often at home	English	12.9	0.4	24.0	1.5	16.3	1.0	13.8	0.8	9.2	0.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	17.9	1.5	22.4	4.2	15.5	1.9	19.2	2.7	16.2	2.7
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	11.4	0.4	20.9	1.7	14.3	1.0	12.2	0.8	8.7	0.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	23.4	1.0	29.8	2.2	21.4	1.7	24.8	2.2	18.4	2.0
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	19.4	1.0	25.4	2.1	17.4	1.6	21.7	2.2	14.9	1.9
	Complex activities	24.2	1.4	31.1	2.7	21.3	2.0	24.2	2.8	19.9	2.8
	Neither basic nor complex activities	11.6	0.5	21.7	1.8	15.4	1.1	12.5	0.8	8.6	0.5

^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 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.

^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_11-5c: 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_11-5c.html