Table 12_1_5-4b

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_5.4b
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers usually explained things in a way they could understand, by ethnicity, United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		31.3	0.5	31.2	0.5	32.0	0.6	23.6	1.3	32.6	1.7
Age	18–44	31.7	0.8	31.5	0.8	32.3	0.9	25.3	1.8	33.3	2.0
	45–64	31.4	0.8	31.3	0.9	31.9	1.0	23.5	2.1	33.4	2.5
	65 and over	30.3	1.0	30.5	1.0	31.8	1.2	18.2	2.4	27.3	4.7
Gender	Male	31.2	0.8	31.1	0.8	31.8	0.9	22.8	2.1	32.2	2.5
Gender	Female	31.4	0.6	31.3	0.6	32.2	0.7	24.2	1.4	32.9	1.8
Family income^a	Negative/poor	28.9	1.3	27.4	1.5	30.2	2.0	20.7	2.0	36.8	2.9
	Near poor/low	30.6	1.1	30.5	1.3	31.6	1.5	26.1	2.7	31.3	2.4
	Middle	31.5	0.9	31.5	1.0	32.4	1.1	22.4	1.9	31.8	3.1
	High	32.0	0.8	32.0	0.8	32.2	0.8	25.4	2.4	32.0	3.2
Education^b	Less than high school	29.9	1.2	28.3	1.2	29.0	1.5	22.6	2.5	35.3	2.8
	High school graduate	31.1	0.8	31.1	0.8	32.4	0.9	22.7	2.1	30.7	2.5
	At least some college	31.9	0.7	32.1	0.8	32.5	0.8	25.0	1.7	30.0	2.2
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	31.2	0.6	31.1	0.6	31.5	0.7	25.1	1.6	32.8	1.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	33.0	1.1	32.7	1.1	34.5	1.3	23.3	2.3	34.8	2.7
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	31.5	0.6	31.5	0.6	32.0	0.7	23.6	1.6	31.3	1.9
	Public only	31.6	1.4	30.8	1.7	34.1	2.3	24.5	2.6	34.9	2.8
	Uninsured	32.4	1.7	30.8	1.9	31.6	2.3	30.8	4.9	37.5	3.4
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	30.3	1.9	30.2	2.0	32.0	2.2	19.9	4.3	*	*
	Medicare and private	31.3	1.3	31.7	1.3	32.2	1.4	18.9	3.5	*	*
	Medicare and other public	24.1	2.6	23.4	2.9	26.8	4.1	14.7	3.8	27.3	5.1
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	31.3	0.5	31.2	0.5	32.0	0.6	24.2	1.4	32.3	1.7
	Large central metro	31.9	0.8	31.8	0.9	33.1	1.1	26.1	2.1	32.4	1.9
	Large fringe metro	29.9	1.0	29.9	1.0	30.1	1.2	23.3	2.7	29.8	3.8
	Medium metro	31.5	1.0	31.4	1.1	32.2	1.1	22.4	2.6	34.0	5.1
	Small metro	32.5	1.7	32.4	1.6	33.8	1.8	18.2	2.8	33.9	5.2
	Nonmetropolitan	31.6	1.2	31.4	1.2	32.4	1.3	19.0	4.7	36.7	6.2
	Micropolitan	31.6	1.6	31.1	1.6	31.9	1.8	*	*	41.2	6.7
	Noncore	31.6	2.2	32.0	2.2	33.3	2.3	15.4	3.7	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	31.0	0.5	31.2	0.5	32.0	0.6	23.7	1.3	27.5	1.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	35.6	2.1	32.3	3.0	35.1	5.0	*	*	37.5	2.5
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	30.9	0.5	30.6	0.5	31.2	0.6	23.9	1.4	33.4	1.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	33.8	1.0	34.3	1.1	37.0	1.3	22.7	2.1	29.4	2.7
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	33.9	1.1	34.0	1.2	36.4	1.4	22.8	2.5	32.4	4.2
	Complex activities	34.2	1.4	34.2	1.5	37.6	1.7	22.4	2.8	33.2	4.6
	Neither basic nor complex activities	30.8	0.6	30.6	0.6	31.0	0.7	24.5	1.5	32.6	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 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: 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_5-4b: 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_5-4b.html