Table 12_1_6-5a

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_6.5a
Children who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never explained things clearly, 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		4.3	0.3	3.9	0.3	4.8	0.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Age	0–5	4.3	0.5	3.9	0.5	4.7	1.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Age	6–17	4.3	0.4	3.8	0.4	4.9	0.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	4.5	0.4	4.3	0.5	4.7	1.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Female	4.1	0.4	3.4	0.4	4.9	1.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Family income^a	Negative/poor	7.9	1.0	7.0	1.1	9.0	2.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	6.0	0.7	6.5	0.9	4.9	1.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Middle	4.2	0.7	3.7	0.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High	1.3	0.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance	Any private	2.6	0.4	2.5	0.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Public only	8.0	0.7	7.7	0.8	7.7	1.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	5.4	1.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	4.2	0.4	3.8	0.4	4.0	0.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Large central metro	5.0	0.7	4.6	0.7	3.3	0.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Large fringe metro	2.7	0.5	2.3	0.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	4.9	0.8	5.1	0.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	4.0	1.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	5.0	0.9	4.1	0.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	5.0	1.1	4.2	1.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	3.8	0.4	3.2	0.4	4.9	0.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	Other	8.0	1.0	8.0	1.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	4.3	0.3	3.8	0.3	4.8	0.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	5.6	1.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	Yes	5.2	0.7	4.1	0.7	7.4	1.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
CSHCN	No	4.0	0.4	3.8	0.4	3.8	0.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

^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 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_6-5a: 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_6-5a.html