Table 13_1_2-3b
2009 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.
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| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
| Total | 70.2 | 1.0 | 71.0 | 1.0 | 72.0 | 1.2 | 66.3 | 2.2 | 66.0 | 2.0 | |
| Age | 0–5 | 70.8 | 1.5 | 72.2 | 1.6 | 74.4 | 1.8 | 62.7 | 3.9 | 65.2 | 2.7 |
| 6–17 | 69.7 | 1.2 | 70.3 | 1.3 | 70.6 | 1.5 | 68.3 | 2.2 | 66.6 | 2.3 | |
| Gender | Male | 70.3 | 1.3 | 71.4 | 1.4 | 72.4 | 1.5 | 65.3 | 2.8 | 64.8 | 2.5 |
| Female | 70.0 | 1.1 | 70.6 | 1.3 | 71.5 | 1.5 | 67.3 | 2.7 | 67.2 | 2.5 | |
| Family incomea | Negative/poor | 65.0 | 2.0 | 65.8 | 2.2 | 64.7 | 3.0 | 63.8 | 3.5 | 63.3 | 3.4 |
| Near poor/low | 69.8 | 1.8 | 70.3 | 2.4 | 71.6 | 2.8 | 64.9 | 4.1 | 68.3 | 3.0 | |
| Middle | 71.8 | 1.6 | 73.2 | 1.7 | 74.4 | 1.9 | 67.0 | 3.8 | 63.9 | 3.9 | |
| High | 71.4 | 1.7 | 71.5 | 1.8 | 71.9 | 2.0 | 72.0 | 4.7 | 70.9 | 5.9 | |
| Health insurance | Any private | 72.0 | 1.1 | 72.2 | 1.2 | 72.5 | 1.4 | 71.5 | 2.7 | 69.8 | 3.4 |
| Public only | 66.6 | 1.7 | 67.8 | 2.1 | 70.3 | 2.6 | 62.4 | 3.3 | 63.7 | 2.4 | |
| Uninsured | 66.3 | 4.0 | 68.6 | 5.3 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 60.9 | 5.2 | |
| Residence locationb | Metropolitan | 69.8 | 1.1 | 70.8 | 1.2 | 72.2 | 1.4 | 65.0 | 2.4 | 65.4 | 2.1 |
| Large central metro | 67.7 | 1.7 | 69.4 | 2.1 | 70.1 | 2.8 | 64.9 | 3.2 | 63.6 | 2.6 | |
| Large fringe metro | 73.9 | 1.9 | 73.9 | 2.1 | 75.2 | 2.2 | 67.0 | 4.5 | 73.9 | 4.2 | |
| Medium metro | 67.1 | 2.5 | 68.1 | 2.5 | 69.6 | 2.7 | 61.3 | 6.8 | 61.8 | 5.8 | |
| Small metro | 70.0 | 2.9 | 71.4 | 2.9 | 72.6 | 3.4 | DSU | DSU | 60.5 | 8.2 | |
| Nonmetropolitan | 72.2 | 2.2 | 72.0 | 2.4 | 71.2 | 2.7 | 77.1 | 5.1 | 74.2 | 5.1 | |
| Micropolitan | 71.3 | 2.9 | 70.9 | 3.2 | 70.3 | 3.5 | DSU | DSU | 75.2 | 5.8 | |
| Noncore | 73.8 | 3.0 | 74.0 | 3.1 | 72.7 | 3.4 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Language spoken most often at home | English | 70.9 | 1.0 | 71.2 | 1.1 | 72.1 | 1.2 | 66.9 | 2.1 | 68.3 | 2.8 |
| Other | 64.1 | 2.6 | 65.4 | 5.9 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 63.6 | 2.7 | |
| Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 70.3 | 1.0 | 71.2 | 1.1 | 72.2 | 1.2 | 66.4 | 2.2 | 66.0 | 2.0 |
| Fair/poor | 64.1 | 4.5 | 63.4 | 5.4 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| CSHCN | Yes | 65.1 | 1.7 | 65.3 | 1.9 | 65.1 | 2.2 | 65.6 | 3.3 | 63.6 | 4.2 |
| No | 72.0 | 1.1 | 73.3 | 1.1 | 74.8 | 1.3 | 66.8 | 2.4 | 66.4 | 2.2 | |
a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, 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.
DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: 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 March 2010
Internet Citation: Table 13_1_2-3b: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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