Table 12_1_5-5b

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_5.5b
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never 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		8.3	0.3	7.9	0.3	7.1	0.3	11.4	0.7	12.2	0.9
Age	18–44	9.6	0.5	9.2	0.5	8.4	0.5	12.5	1.1	12.5	1.2
	45–64	7.4	0.4	7.0	0.5	6.2	0.5	10.9	1.2	12.7	1.7
	65 and over	7.2	0.6	7.1	0.6	6.5	0.6	8.8	2.0	9.6	2.7
Gender	Male	8.2	0.5	7.9	0.5	7.0	0.5	11.9	1.4	11.6	1.6
Gender	Female	8.4	0.4	8.0	0.4	7.2	0.4	11.0	0.9	12.6	1.1
Family income^a	Negative/poor	14.1	1.1	14.3	1.2	11.6	1.4	19.5	2.2	13.3	1.9
	Near poor/low	10.9	0.8	10.8	0.9	9.4	0.9	14.4	1.9	11.2	1.2
	Middle	9.0	0.6	8.5	0.6	8.3	0.6	7.8	1.3	13.7	1.8
	High	5.8	0.4	5.5	0.4	5.2	0.4	6.8	1.2	10.7	2.2
Education^b	Less than high school	13.5	0.8	13.9	1.0	13.0	1.2	16.4	2.2	12.3	1.2
	High school graduate	8.8	0.5	8.4	0.5	7.3	0.5	13.1	1.5	13.5	1.7
	At least some college	6.3	0.4	6.0	0.4	5.7	0.4	7.1	1.0	11.1	1.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	7.7	0.4	7.3	0.4	6.8	0.4	8.1	0.7	11.7	1.1
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	12.0	0.8	11.6	0.8	9.4	0.8	21.8	2.4	14.6	1.8
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	7.3	0.4	7.0	0.4	6.5	0.4	9.3	0.8	11.0	1.3
	Public only	14.4	1.2	14.3	1.3	12.2	1.6	18.6	2.3	14.7	2.2
	Uninsured	13.6	1.1	13.3	1.3	11.8	1.5	14.4	2.8	14.7	1.9
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	6.8	1.2	6.9	1.2	6.5	1.3	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	6.1	0.7	5.9	0.7	5.8	0.7	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	13.7	2.3	14.9	2.7	13.4	3.5	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	8.4	0.3	8.0	0.4	7.1	0.4	10.7	0.8	12.1	0.9
	Large central metro	10.1	0.7	9.3	0.7	8.1	0.9	11.9	1.1	13.8	1.3
	Large fringe metro	7.1	0.5	7.0	0.6	6.3	0.6	7.9	1.5	9.8	2.4
	Medium metro	7.2	0.6	7.0	0.6	6.8	0.7	8.2	1.9	8.6	1.5
	Small metro	9.3	0.9	9.1	0.9	8.0	1.0	16.9	3.5	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	8.1	0.5	7.9	0.5	7.2	0.6	17.1	1.9	*	*
	Micropolitan	8.3	0.7	8.1	0.7	7.5	0.8	19.0	2.6	*	*
	Noncore	7.8	1.0	7.6	1.0	6.8	1.0	14.1	2.1	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	8.0	0.3	7.7	0.3	7.2	0.3	11.2	0.7	12.4	1.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	13.0	1.0	14.7	2.2	*	*	*	*	11.9	1.2
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	7.3	0.3	7.0	0.3	6.3	0.3	9.8	0.7	10.7	1.0
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	13.9	0.8	13.4	0.8	12.2	1.1	17.0	1.8	18.0	2.1
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	11.4	0.8	11.2	0.8	10.1	0.9	16.1	1.9	13.9	2.9
	Complex activities	13.7	1.0	13.4	1.0	11.7	1.1	19.6	2.7	17.8	3.5
	Neither basic nor complex activities	7.5	0.3	7.1	0.3	6.4	0.4	9.3	0.7	11.8	0.9

^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_5-5b: 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_5-5b.html