Table 12_1_12-1

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_12.1
Rating of health care for children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months, United States, 2005
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^c	Percent had visit	Rating
				Best grade (9–10)		Grade 7–8		Grade 0–6
				Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		73,446	77.2	67.8	0.8	27.0	0.8	5.2	0.4
Age	0–5	23,707	87.2	69.6	1.2	25.5	1.2	4.9	0.5
Age	6–17	49,740	72.4	66.8	1.0	27.8	1.0	5.4	0.5
Gender	Male	37,725	76.6	66.7	1.0	27.7	0.9	5.6	0.6
Gender	Female	35,721	77.8	69.0	1.1	26.2	1.1	4.8	0.4
Race	White, single race	56,074	78.5	69.0	1.0	26.2	1.0	4.8	0.4
	Black, single race	11,127	73.7	67.8	2.0	26.1	1.8	6.1	0.8
	Asian, single race	2,920	69.1	57.6	5.0	36.9	4.5	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	323	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	681	70.9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	2,321	76.0	51.3	4.9	40.4	4.7	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	58,835	79.3	68.0	0.9	27.4	0.9	4.6	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	42,381	81.9	69.2	1.2	26.7	1.1	4.0	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	10,838	73.8	68.0	2.0	25.9	1.8	6.1	0.8
	Hispanic	14,612	68.4	66.9	1.8	24.9	1.6	8.2	0.9
Family income^a	Negative/poor	13,351	71.9	63.7	1.9	27.4	1.6	8.9	1.0
	Near poor/low	15,510	72.8	64.4	1.7	28.2	1.6	7.5	0.9
	Middle	23,882	75.0	69.5	1.5	25.5	1.4	4.9	0.7
	High	20,704	86.4	70.5	1.7	27.4	1.7	2.1	0.5
Health insurance	Any private	46,689	80.5	69.3	1.1	27.1	1.1	3.6	0.4
	Public only	22,228	74.2	64.7	1.4	26.5	1.2	8.8	0.8
	Uninsured	4,530	57.3	65.4	3.9	28.0	3.4	6.7	1.8
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	61,986	77.8	68.2	0.9	26.9	0.9	4.9	0.4
	Large central metro	22,637	75.9	68.4	1.5	25.6	1.5	5.9	0.7
	Large fringe metro	19,021	80.6	68.8	1.8	27.4	1.8	3.8	0.6
	Medium metro	14,076	78.2	68.2	1.8	27.2	1.9	4.6	0.8
	Small metro	6,253	75.5	65.4	3.4	29.6	3.0	5.0	1.4
	Nonmetropolitan	11,460	73.7	65.7	2.3	27.0	2.1	7.3	1.2
	Micropolitan	7,410	73.4	64.3	2.5	27.9	2.4	7.8	1.5
	Noncore	4,050	74.1	68.1	3.9	25.4	3.4	6.5	1.8
Language spoken most often at home	English	62,623	78.8	68.6	0.9	26.8	0.8	4.6	0.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	10,773	67.4	62.8	2.2	28.1	2.0	9.1	1.2
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	71,574	76.8	68.5	0.8	26.7	0.8	4.8	0.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,858	90.5	44.5	4.1	36.6	4.0	18.8	3.4
CSHCN	Yes	14,389	91.1	61.7	1.7	32.3	1.6	6.0	0.7
CSHCN	No	58,351	73.5	69.7	0.9	25.3	0.9	5.0	0.4

^a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, at or 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.

^c Total child population. Numbers of subpopulation categories may not add to total due to missing values or rounding.

* - 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_12-1: 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_12-1.html