Table 12_1_2-1

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_2.1
Children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers listened carefully, explained things clearly, respected what they or their parents had to say, and spent enough time with them,^a United States, 2005
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^d	Percent had visit	Composite measure
				Always		Usually		Sometimes or never
				Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		73,037	77.0	76.1	0.8	18.3	0.7	5.5	0.3
Age	0–5	23,644	87.1	75.8	1.2	18.4	1.0	5.8	0.5
Age	6–17	49,393	72.2	76.3	0.9	18.2	0.8	5.4	0.4
Gender	Male	37,473	76.4	75.3	1.0	18.7	0.9	5.8	0.5
Gender	Female	35,564	77.7	76.9	0.9	17.8	0.8	5.2	0.4
Race	White, single race	55,717	78.4	76.2	1.0	18.3	0.8	5.3	0.4
	Black, single race	11,094	73.6	78.9	1.8	15.3	1.5	5.7	0.7
	Asian, single race	2,918	69.1	63.4	4.6	28.2	3.4	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	318	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	681	70.9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	2,309	75.9	75.0	3.4	18.2	2.4	6.7	1.8
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	58,514	79.2	77.6	0.9	17.5	0.7	4.8	0.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	42,109	81.8	78.1	1.1	17.4	0.9	4.4	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	10,804	73.7	79.1	1.8	15.1	1.5	5.7	0.7
	Hispanic	14,523	68.2	69.2	1.6	21.9	1.5	8.8	0.8
Family income^b	Negative/poor	13,276	71.7	70.1	1.9	20.4	1.6	9.3	0.9
	Near poor/low	15,489	72.7	73.3	1.6	19.4	1.3	7.3	0.7
	Middle	23,742	74.8	76.6	1.4	17.9	1.2	5.3	0.6
	High	20,530	86.3	80.6	1.3	16.7	1.1	2.5	0.4
Health insurance	Any private	46,458	80.4	78.2	1.0	17.6	0.9	4.0	0.3
	Public only	22,086	74.0	71.8	1.4	19.4	1.2	8.6	0.6
	Uninsured	4,493	56.9	72.6	3.0	20.0	2.5	7.2	1.7
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	61,670	77.7	76.4	0.9	18.1	0.8	5.4	0.3
	Large central metro	22,548	75.8	74.6	1.5	19.3	1.4	6.0	0.6
	Large fringe metro	18,888	80.5	77.7	1.4	18.0	1.3	4.2	0.5
	Medium metro	14,010	78.1	77.1	1.7	16.0	1.3	6.7	0.7
	Small metro	6,224	75.4	77.2	2.4	18.3	1.9	4.4	1.1
	Nonmetropolitan	11,367	73.5	74.3	2.1	19.5	1.7	6.1	0.9
	Micropolitan	7,336	73.2	74.6	2.3	19.4	1.8	6.0	1.1
	Noncore	4,030	74.0	73.8	4.1	19.7	3.3	6.3	1.3
Language spoken most often at home	English	62,297	78.7	77.7	0.9	17.1	0.7	5.0	0.3
Language spoken most often at home	Other	10,689	67.1	65.1	1.9	25.9	1.8	8.7	0.9
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	71,168	76.7	76.4	0.8	18.2	0.7	5.3	0.3
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,855	90.5	65.1	3.4	21.6	2.6	13.2	2.3
CSHCN	Yes	14,285	91.0	73.0	1.3	20.8	1.2	6.1	0.5
CSHCN	No	58,062	73.4	77.1	0.9	17.4	0.8	5.4	0.4

^a For the percentage estimates, the weights are adjusted for nonresponse based on how many of the four questions had a response.

^b 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.

^c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

^d 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_2-1: 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_2-1.html