Table 12_1_7-3c

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_7.3c
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers always showed respect for what they had to say, 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		61.2	0.5	57.2	1.6	59.1	1.3	60.3	1.0	63.5	0.8
Age	18–44	58.2	0.8	53.8	2.3	54.0	2.1	56.3	1.3	62.7	1.4
	45–64	61.6	0.9	57.2	2.7	56.1	2.6	60.2	1.8	63.9	1.1
	65 and over	67.3	1.1	66.2	3.2	68.3	2.2	70.7	2.1	64.1	1.8
Gender	Male	61.3	0.8	55.5	2.5	58.6	1.9	58.6	1.5	64.6	1.1
Gender	Female	61.2	0.6	58.0	1.8	59.4	1.6	61.5	1.1	62.5	1.0
Race	White, single race	61.1	0.6	55.7	1.8	58.7	1.4	59.9	1.1	63.4	0.8
	Black, single race	65.6	1.5	60.6	3.1	62.9	2.7	67.7	2.5	69.0	2.9
	Asian, single race	55.8	3.1	*	*	*	*	53.7	6.2	56.1	3.6
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	54.2	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	61.4	0.6	56.9	1.7	58.5	1.5	60.5	1.1	63.7	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	61.3	0.6	55.5	2.1	57.9	1.7	60.1	1.2	63.7	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	65.6	1.6	59.9	3.1	62.8	2.7	67.5	2.6	69.9	3.1
	Hispanic	59.5	1.6	58.7	3.1	62.1	2.0	57.9	2.9	59.2	3.8
Education^b	Less than high school	61.9	1.2	57.8	2.4	64.4	2.0	62.2	2.4	63.0	2.9
	High school graduate	61.9	0.9	56.6	2.7	59.1	2.0	62.3	1.3	64.6	1.4
	At least some college	60.8	0.7	57.0	3.1	54.6	2.5	58.3	1.5	63.1	0.9
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	60.6	0.7	57.6	2.5	53.7	1.8	58.2	1.2	63.8	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	56.7	1.1	53.0	2.2	57.0	2.3	56.4	2.3	60.3	2.4
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	61.3	0.6	60.8	3.2	55.8	2.2	58.8	1.2	63.6	0.9
	Public only	55.7	1.6	55.0	2.2	57.3	2.6	55.2	4.5	*	*
	Uninsured	51.2	1.9	47.7	3.4	49.4	2.9	51.1	2.9	58.5	5.4
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	67.0	2.2	61.3	6.7	65.8	3.9	69.4	4.1	67.4	4.3
	Medicare and private	67.5	1.5	66.4	5.3	70.9	3.2	72.0	2.3	63.5	2.1
	Medicare and other public	67.6	3.3	71.5	4.6	66.7	4.4	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	61.2	0.6	56.1	1.7	59.0	1.5	60.0	1.1	63.6	0.8
	Large central metro	60.2	1.0	56.8	2.7	55.0	2.4	58.3	2.1	64.2	1.3
	Large fringe metro	63.0	1.1	53.3	4.0	67.3	2.9	61.5	2.2	64.3	1.6
	Medium metro	61.7	1.1	57.6	2.9	59.7	2.7	61.3	1.8	63.5	1.8
	Small metro	58.2	1.6	54.8	5.0	56.1	4.0	57.4	3.6	60.0	1.8
	Nonmetropolitan	61.5	1.4	61.6	3.5	59.5	2.7	61.6	2.1	62.5	2.2
	Micropolitan	60.9	1.9	60.4	4.9	59.9	3.7	59.4	2.7	62.5	2.8
	Noncore	62.6	1.9	63.5	4.3	58.8	3.8	65.0	3.3	62.2	3.9
Language spoken most often at home	English	61.6	0.6	57.5	1.7	59.3	1.5	60.6	1.1	63.7	0.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	56.7	2.2	54.7	4.0	57.6	2.7	56.7	3.8	56.8	5.6
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	62.5	0.6	58.5	1.8	59.9	1.5	61.5	1.0	64.5	0.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	54.1	1.3	54.3	2.6	56.6	2.4	53.7	2.3	51.7	2.5
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	58.2	1.3	57.5	2.5	58.1	2.2	59.1	2.3	57.8	2.8
	Complex activities	53.1	1.6	52.1	2.8	55.9	2.6	52.7	3.0	51.3	3.3
	Neither basic nor complex activities	62.2	0.6	58.1	1.9	59.2	1.6	60.8	1.1	64.4	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_7-3c: 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_7-3c.html