Table 12_1_3-4c

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_3.4c
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers usually listened carefully to them, 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		33.4	0.5	30.9	1.4	31.7	1.1	33.1	0.9	34.7	0.7
Age	18–44	34.7	0.7	33.0	2.0	34.1	1.6	34.4	1.3	35.5	1.3
	45–64	34.2	0.8	29.8	2.3	34.8	2.2	34.6	1.6	34.5	1.1
	65 and over	29.1	1.0	26.7	3.2	25.7	2.1	27.3	1.9	33.3	1.7
Gender	Male	32.2	0.7	31.1	2.3	30.5	1.7	32.1	1.4	32.9	1.0
Gender	Female	34.3	0.5	30.8	1.5	32.4	1.4	33.8	1.0	36.3	0.9
Race	White, single race	34.1	0.5	33.8	1.7	32.9	1.2	34.1	1.0	34.5	0.8
	Black, single race	25.8	1.4	21.2	1.9	26.8	2.6	21.7	2.1	33.0	2.7
	Asian, single race	39.3	2.7	*	*	*	*	39.8	5.4	43.0	3.8
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	32.1	3.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	33.1	0.5	29.8	1.5	31.1	1.3	32.7	0.9	34.6	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	33.9	0.5	33.1	2.1	32.4	1.5	33.9	1.1	34.3	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	25.6	1.4	21.2	1.9	26.5	2.6	21.4	2.1	32.5	2.8
	Hispanic	36.3	1.7	36.4	2.8	34.8	2.2	36.7	3.0	37.4	3.6
Education^b	Less than high school	29.2	1.2	29.5	2.2	28.1	1.6	29.8	2.2	29.5	3.2
	High school graduate	32.1	0.9	32.5	2.9	31.4	2.1	32.0	1.3	32.5	1.4
	At least some college	35.6	0.7	31.5	2.7	36.0	2.0	35.3	1.5	36.0	0.9
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	34.1	0.6	32.3	2.4	34.4	1.5	33.6	1.1	34.6	0.9
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	35.7	1.1	31.7	1.9	34.5	2.1	37.9	2.1	37.9	2.4
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	34.6	0.6	30.4	3.1	34.2	1.8	34.4	1.1	35.1	0.9
	Public only	32.8	1.6	30.5	2.1	34.6	2.5	35.0	5.0	*	*
	Uninsured	34.9	1.8	37.0	3.7	34.6	2.7	35.0	3.4	32.7	5.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	28.9	2.0	33.5	7.1	25.6	3.7	30.5	3.6	28.8	3.6
	Medicare and private	29.6	1.3	20.7	4.5	25.9	3.2	26.4	2.2	34.1	1.8
	Medicare and other public	26.0	2.9	25.9	4.7	25.3	3.9	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	33.5	0.5	31.1	1.5	31.7	1.2	33.4	1.0	34.6	0.8
	Large central metro	33.7	0.8	29.0	2.1	33.7	2.1	34.8	1.9	34.2	1.2
	Large fringe metro	32.7	1.0	28.1	4.0	28.7	2.6	31.7	2.0	34.5	1.5
	Medium metro	33.0	0.8	34.6	3.5	29.9	2.3	32.6	1.6	33.9	1.6
	Small metro	36.6	1.7	37.7	4.4	34.1	3.7	36.4	3.2	37.6	2.4
	Nonmetropolitan	33.0	1.3	30.2	3.0	31.5	2.6	31.7	1.9	35.7	2.2
	Micropolitan	32.6	1.7	32.7	4.4	28.2	2.9	30.4	3.0	36.0	2.5
	Noncore	33.7	2.0	25.9	3.8	36.1	4.2	33.7	2.3	35.1	4.2
Language spoken most often at home	English	33.0	0.5	29.2	1.5	31.0	1.2	32.4	0.9	34.8	0.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	38.2	2.1	42.5	3.4	35.6	2.7	41.5	3.5	33.9	5.2
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	33.3	0.5	30.3	1.6	32.4	1.3	32.6	1.0	34.4	0.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	34.1	1.1	32.2	2.4	29.7	1.9	35.9	2.4	38.2	2.5
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	34.2	1.1	29.0	2.4	33.0	2.1	32.6	2.2	40.5	2.2
	Complex activities	34.8	1.4	31.7	2.9	31.9	2.3	35.3	3.1	41.1	3.3
	Neither basic nor complex activities	33.2	0.5	31.9	1.8	31.4	1.3	33.1	1.0	33.9	0.8

^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 Less than high school refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.

^c 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; 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_3-4c: 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_3-4c.html