Table 12_1_7-4c

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_7.4c
Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers usually 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		31.3	0.5	30.8	1.3	31.6	1.2	31.5	0.9	31.1	0.7
Age	18–44	33.3	0.8	33.7	2.1	35.7	1.9	34.1	1.3	31.6	1.2
	45–64	31.0	0.8	29.7	2.4	32.5	2.4	31.4	1.6	30.7	1.1
	65 and over	27.3	1.1	24.7	2.9	25.1	2.1	25.2	2.1	31.1	1.7
Gender	Male	31.1	0.8	30.5	2.2	33.1	1.8	31.8	1.4	30.2	1.0
Gender	Female	31.4	0.5	30.9	1.6	30.6	1.4	31.3	1.1	31.9	0.9
Race	White, single race	31.9	0.5	33.3	1.6	32.5	1.3	32.3	1.1	31.3	0.7
	Black, single race	24.5	1.3	23.5	2.3	26.3	2.6	23.8	2.1	24.9	2.4
	Asian, single race	34.9	2.7	*	*	*	*	33.7	5.4	36.3	3.5
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	36.7	4.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	31.1	0.5	30.9	1.5	31.6	1.3	31.4	1.0	30.9	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	31.8	0.6	33.8	1.8	32.7	1.6	32.2	1.2	31.1	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	24.4	1.4	24.1	2.3	26.1	2.6	23.8	2.2	24.0	2.6
	Hispanic	32.8	1.7	30.1	2.8	31.5	2.2	32.9	2.8	35.7	3.8
Education^b	Less than high school	27.7	1.2	28.6	2.2	26.0	1.8	28.5	2.2	27.7	3.1
	High school graduate	30.3	0.8	30.1	2.3	32.4	1.8	29.0	1.2	30.5	1.4
	At least some college	33.0	0.7	35.2	2.8	35.6	2.5	34.6	1.6	31.7	0.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	32.0	0.6	30.3	2.3	36.0	1.7	32.6	1.1	31.0	0.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	33.0	1.1	33.7	2.0	31.5	2.1	34.6	2.4	31.9	2.3
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	31.9	0.6	31.1	3.1	34.6	2.0	32.5	1.1	31.1	0.8
	Public only	32.3	1.3	31.8	1.8	31.3	2.3	34.0	3.8	*	*
	Uninsured	35.4	1.9	34.7	3.2	38.0	2.9	36.8	3.1	29.9	5.2
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	26.0	1.9	24.5	4.9	27.3	3.5	25.8	3.9	25.2	3.4
	Medicare and private	28.7	1.4	28.6	5.0	24.7	3.1	25.2	2.3	32.6	2.1
	Medicare and other public	22.3	2.9	19.4	3.9	22.5	4.2	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	31.4	0.5	31.2	1.5	32.1	1.4	31.8	1.1	31.0	0.8
	Large central metro	31.5	1.0	26.8	2.2	36.5	2.3	32.6	2.2	30.2	1.2
	Large fringe metro	30.3	1.0	33.6	3.7	25.0	2.5	29.8	1.8	31.1	1.4
	Medium metro	31.3	1.1	34.8	2.7	31.1	2.5	32.1	1.7	30.1	1.8
	Small metro	34.5	1.5	36.0	5.5	32.4	4.0	34.2	2.8	35.2	1.9
	Nonmetropolitan	30.6	1.3	29.3	3.1	29.5	2.3	30.5	2.0	31.8	1.9
	Micropolitan	30.9	1.7	30.0	4.4	27.9	3.1	31.3	2.7	32.2	2.5
	Noncore	30.1	1.8	28.0	4.3	31.7	3.0	29.4	3.0	30.7	3.1
Language spoken most often at home	English	31.0	0.5	30.2	1.4	30.8	1.3	31.2	1.0	31.1	0.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	34.5	2.2	35.1	3.6	36.6	2.8	35.0	3.5	30.8	5.3
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	30.9	0.5	30.7	1.5	31.7	1.4	31.4	1.0	30.5	0.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	33.2	1.2	31.0	2.3	31.1	2.2	32.5	2.1	38.4	2.7
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	30.8	1.1	29.0	2.3	31.1	1.9	28.0	2.2	34.9	2.6
	Complex activities	33.0	1.4	32.5	2.6	30.1	2.5	33.7	2.9	36.2	3.2
	Neither basic nor complex activities	31.3	0.6	31.6	1.8	32.2	1.5	32.1	1.0	30.5	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 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_7-4c: 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_7-4c.html