Table 12_1_4-4a

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_4.4a
Children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers usually listened carefully, 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		19.5	0.8	19.6	1.0	16.4	1.6	25.9	4.0	*	*	*	*	22.8	3.6
Age	0–5	19.0	1.3	18.5	1.5	16.9	2.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	21.4	4.8
Age	6–17	19.8	1.0	20.2	1.1	16.2	1.7	22.6	4.8	*	*	*	*	23.8	4.7
Gender	Male	19.6	1.0	19.5	1.2	16.2	1.9	24.1	4.9	*	*	*	*	25.3	4.8
Gender	Female	19.5	1.0	19.6	1.2	16.7	2.2	27.4	5.5	*	*	*	*	20.0	4.2
Family income^a	Negative/poor	22.0	1.8	24.2	2.2	19.2	2.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	19.5	1.5	20.4	1.9	11.4	2.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Middle	19.1	1.4	19.2	1.6	17.4	3.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High	18.6	1.4	17.6	1.4	17.7	4.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance	Any private	18.5	1.0	18.4	1.1	13.8	2.3	28.0	4.8	*	*	*	*	21.9	4.8
	Public only	21.4	1.4	22.3	1.5	18.5	2.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	23.6	5.4
	Uninsured	21.5	3.0	22.6	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	19.0	0.9	19.0	1.1	15.8	1.5	25.8	4.0	*	*	*	*	23.2	4.1
	Large central metro	20.1	1.6	21.1	2.2	12.7	1.9	29.0	5.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Large fringe metro	18.2	1.4	17.3	1.5	21.1	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	18.2	1.8	18.4	2.0	17.3	3.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	19.7	2.2	19.7	2.4	17.0	4.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	22.2	2.1	22.3	2.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	22.2	2.2	23.2	2.6	13.0	3.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	22.2	4.1	20.9	4.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	18.4	0.9	18.5	1.0	16.0	1.6	24.4	5.4	*	*	*	*	21.9	3.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	27.0	2.1	26.4	2.4	*	*	27.6	5.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	19.2	0.8	19.3	1.0	16.2	1.7	25.2	3.9	*	*	*	*	21.9	3.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	28.1	3.6	27.9	4.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	22.3	1.5	21.6	1.8	17.9	2.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	No	18.5	0.9	18.8	1.0	15.9	1.8	24.6	4.2	*	*	*	*	15.1	3.4

^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_4-4a: 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_4-4a.html