Table 12_1_12-4a

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_12.4a
Rating of 7–8 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		27.0	0.8	26.2	1.0	26.1	1.8	36.9	4.7	*	*	*	*	40.4	4.7
Age	0–5	25.5	1.2	23.9	1.5	25.2	2.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	46.3	5.7
Age	6–17	27.8	1.0	27.5	1.2	26.5	2.1	32.3	5.6	*	*	*	*	35.9	6.6
Gender	Male	27.7	0.9	26.5	1.1	27.7	2.3	37.8	5.1	*	*	*	*	47.3	6.5
Gender	Female	26.2	1.1	25.8	1.3	24.5	2.3	36.2	5.8	*	*	*	*	32.7	5.1
Family income^a	Negative/poor	27.4	1.6	27.3	2.2	25.6	2.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	28.2	1.6	27.5	1.9	26.2	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Middle	25.5	1.4	25.3	1.6	27.3	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High	27.4	1.7	25.9	1.9	25.0	4.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance	Any private	27.1	1.1	26.6	1.3	23.4	2.5	36.0	5.7	*	*	*	*	42.6	8.0
	Public only	26.5	1.2	25.2	1.4	28.0	2.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	34.3	5.3
	Uninsured	28.0	3.4	24.3	3.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	26.9	0.9	26.1	1.0	26.1	2.0	37.0	4.7	*	*	*	*	40.1	5.5
	Large central metro	25.6	1.5	24.9	2.1	21.7	2.0	37.3	7.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Large fringe metro	27.4	1.8	25.9	2.0	32.5	5.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	27.2	1.9	26.5	2.2	29.1	6.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	29.6	3.0	29.5	3.8	30.2	6.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	27.0	2.1	26.5	2.3	25.7	2.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	27.9	2.4	27.1	2.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	25.4	3.4	25.5	3.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	26.8	0.8	26.3	1.0	26.0	1.8	29.4	6.4	*	*	*	*	40.5	4.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	28.1	2.1	25.4	2.1	*	*	45.1	5.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	26.5	0.8	25.8	1.0	25.9	1.8	36.0	4.7	*	*	*	*	39.1	4.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	40.8	4.3	40.9	4.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	32.3	1.6	30.2	1.8	35.6	3.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	No	25.3	0.9	24.9	1.1	22.7	1.9	36.4	5.0	*	*	*	*	33.8	4.5

^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 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_12-4a: 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_12-4a.html