Table 12_1_12-3a

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_12.3a
Rating of 9–10 on a scale from 0 to 10 of health care for children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months, 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		67.8	0.8	69.0	1.0	67.8	2.0	57.6	5.1	*	*	*	*	51.3	4.9
Age	0–5	69.6	1.2	71.4	1.5	69.9	2.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	45.8	5.6
Age	6–17	66.8	1.0	67.6	1.2	66.8	2.3	60.8	6.2	*	*	*	*	55.4	6.9
Gender	Male	66.7	1.0	68.1	1.2	66.4	2.4	56.8	5.8	*	*	*	*	45.8	6.2
Gender	Female	69.0	1.1	70.0	1.3	69.3	2.7	58.2	6.0	*	*	*	*	57.2	5.7
Family income^a	Negative/poor	63.7	1.9	64.0	2.3	65.0	3.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	64.4	1.7	64.9	1.9	68.6	3.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Middle	69.5	1.5	69.9	1.7	67.8	3.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High	70.5	1.7	72.4	1.9	72.2	4.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance	Any private	69.3	1.1	69.8	1.3	73.4	2.6	61.6	5.8	*	*	*	*	52.2	8.0
	Public only	64.7	1.4	66.8	1.5	63.4	2.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	51.5	6.2
	Uninsured	65.4	3.9	69.1	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	68.2	0.9	69.3	1.0	68.1	2.2	57.5	5.1	*	*	*	*	53.3	5.6
	Large central metro	68.4	1.5	69.7	1.9	71.9	2.3	55.0	7.8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Large fringe metro	68.8	1.8	70.4	2.1	62.1	5.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	68.2	1.8	69.1	2.1	66.3	6.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	65.4	3.4	65.3	4.1	65.2	7.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	65.7	2.3	67.2	2.4	65.3	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	64.3	2.5	66.3	2.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	68.1	3.9	68.8	4.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	68.6	0.9	69.5	1.1	68.3	2.0	68.5	6.6	*	*	*	*	52.5	5.1
Language spoken most often at home	Other	62.8	2.2	66.2	2.1	*	*	45.8	6.2	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	68.5	0.8	69.5	1.0	68.7	2.0	58.4	5.1	*	*	*	*	52.8	4.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	47.9	4.6	50.6	5.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	61.7	1.7	64.9	1.9	54.5	3.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	No	69.7	0.9	70.3	1.1	72.7	2.3	57.8	5.5	*	*	*	*	57.8	5.1

^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_12-3a: 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_12-3a.html