Table 12_1_12-3c

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_12.3c
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 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		67.8	0.8	63.7	1.9	64.4	1.7	69.5	1.5	70.5	1.7
Age	0–5	69.6	1.2	65.5	2.4	64.4	2.6	71.6	2.5	73.9	2.4
Age	6–17	66.8	1.0	62.3	2.2	64.3	2.1	68.4	1.8	68.8	2.1
Gender	Male	66.7	1.0	62.4	2.4	64.4	2.3	70.0	2.0	67.1	2.1
Gender	Female	69.0	1.1	64.9	2.1	64.3	2.2	69.0	1.9	74.2	2.2
Race	White, single race	69.0	1.0	64.0	2.3	64.9	1.9	69.9	1.7	72.4	1.9
	Black, single race	67.8	2.0	65.0	3.0	68.6	3.7	67.8	3.5	72.2	4.9
	Asian, single race	57.6	5.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	51.3	4.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	68.0	0.9	61.9	2.4	64.7	2.1	69.1	1.7	71.1	1.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	69.2	1.2	60.7	3.5	65.3	2.6	69.4	2.0	72.6	1.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	68.0	2.0	64.8	3.1	69.6	3.7	68.1	3.6	71.7	5.0
	Hispanic, all races	66.9	1.8	67.6	2.9	63.6	2.4	72.3	3.9	63.4	6.9
Health insurance	Any private	69.3	1.1	67.1	5.1	61.3	2.9	70.3	1.8	71.1	1.8
	Public only	64.7	1.4	62.6	2.1	66.9	2.2	66.1	4.0	*	*
	Uninsured	65.4	3.9	*	*	65.7	6.1	67.2	6.1	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	68.2	0.9	64.0	2.0	63.4	2.0	70.2	1.6	71.0	1.8
	Large central metro	68.4	1.5	64.1	2.9	64.4	2.8	70.1	2.8	73.1	3.5
	Large fringe metro	68.8	1.8	60.5	5.9	66.2	4.1	69.0	3.7	71.4	2.8
	Medium metro	68.2	1.8	64.5	3.5	60.4	4.6	70.6	2.9	72.7	4.1
	Small metro	65.4	3.4	69.2	5.1	60.4	6.7	74.0	4.2	59.1	6.6
	Nonmetropolitan	65.7	2.3	62.3	3.8	68.5	3.1	66.2	4.2	64.8	5.5
	Micropolitan	64.3	2.5	58.2	4.1	63.6	4.2	66.2	4.5	*	*
	Noncore	68.1	3.9	68.2	6.5	75.7	3.8	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	68.6	0.9	64.0	2.1	65.1	2.0	69.5	1.6	71.5	1.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	62.8	2.2	63.1	3.7	61.7	3.0	69.5	5.1	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	68.5	0.8	65.2	1.9	65.1	1.7	69.9	1.5	70.7	1.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	47.9	4.6	38.5	6.2	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	61.7	1.7	54.8	2.9	59.0	3.3	65.9	3.0	63.3	3.4
CSHCN	No	69.7	0.9	66.4	2.2	66.4	1.8	70.8	1.8	72.4	1.7

^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_12-3c: 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_12-3c.html