Table 12_1_12-4c

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_12.4c
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 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		27.0	0.8	27.4	1.6	28.2	1.6	25.5	1.4	27.4	1.7
Age	0–5	25.5	1.2	26.7	2.4	28.8	2.3	24.2	2.3	23.7	2.4
Age	6–17	27.8	1.0	28.0	1.8	27.8	2.0	26.3	1.7	29.3	2.2
Gender	Male	27.7	0.9	28.3	2.3	27.6	2.0	24.6	1.8	30.5	2.1
Gender	Female	26.2	1.1	26.6	1.9	28.7	2.2	26.5	1.8	24.0	2.2
Race	White, single race	26.2	1.0	27.3	2.2	27.5	1.9	25.3	1.6	25.9	1.9
	Black, single race	26.1	1.8	25.6	2.3	26.2	3.6	27.3	3.3	25.0	4.7
	Asian, single race	36.9	4.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	40.4	4.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	27.4	0.9	29.0	2.1	28.3	2.0	26.5	1.5	27.2	1.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	26.7	1.1	30.2	3.4	27.5	2.5	26.4	1.9	25.9	2.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	25.9	1.8	25.7	2.3	25.4	3.6	27.2	3.3	25.4	4.9
	Hispanic, all races	24.9	1.6	23.9	2.5	27.8	2.3	19.9	3.2	29.6	6.7
Health insurance	Any private	27.1	1.1	28.6	5.0	31.1	2.9	25.5	1.7	27.2	1.8
	Public only	26.5	1.2	27.5	1.8	26.0	2.1	23.8	3.3	*	*
	Uninsured	28.0	3.4	*	*	24.1	5.5	31.1	6.0	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	26.9	0.9	27.6	1.8	29.7	1.9	24.9	1.5	26.9	1.8
	Large central metro	25.6	1.5	26.6	2.7	28.3	2.8	24.1	2.8	24.3	3.6
	Large fringe metro	27.4	1.8	30.6	5.4	27.5	3.8	26.9	3.4	27.0	2.8
	Medium metro	27.2	1.9	27.8	3.2	33.5	4.5	24.4	2.5	25.8	4.2
	Small metro	29.6	3.0	25.0	4.7	31.3	5.0	22.4	4.0	37.5	7.0
	Nonmetropolitan	27.0	2.1	26.9	3.6	21.3	2.7	28.5	4.1	32.2	5.6
	Micropolitan	27.9	2.4	29.2	4.2	23.3	3.9	29.4	4.2	*	*
	Noncore	25.4	3.4	23.4	6.3	18.5	3.4	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	26.8	0.8	27.5	1.9	27.9	1.8	25.9	1.5	26.7	1.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	28.1	2.1	26.6	3.3	29.1	2.7	22.7	4.7	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	26.5	0.8	26.2	1.7	27.9	1.7	25.3	1.4	27.1	1.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	40.8	4.3	48.7	6.5	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	32.3	1.6	34.7	2.6	31.9	2.9	28.1	2.9	35.4	3.7
CSHCN	No	25.3	0.9	25.2	1.9	26.5	1.8	24.6	1.6	25.2	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_12-4c: 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_12-4c.html