Table 14_1_11-3d

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.

Table 14_1_11.3d
Rating of 9–10 on a scale from 0 to 10 (best grade) of health care by adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months, by education,^a United States, 2006
		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		49.9	0.5	50.4	1.2	52.3	1.0	48.4	0.7
Age	18–44	44.2	0.8	43.4	1.8	45.8	1.7	43.6	1.1
	45–64	49.5	0.8	49.5	2.1	50.8	1.4	48.8	1.1
	65 and over	63.2	1.2	60.9	2.2	65.4	1.9	62.7	1.8
Gender	Male	48.4	0.8	48.0	1.7	50.1	1.5	47.7	1.1
Gender	Female	50.9	0.7	52.3	1.4	53.7	1.2	49.0	1.0
Race	White, single race	50.9	0.6	50.9	1.4	53.9	1.1	49.4	0.8
	Black, single race	47.5	1.2	50.5	2.2	45.5	2.0	47.7	2.0
	Asian, single race	37.4	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	36.6	3.3
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	49.3	6.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	38.2	3.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	49.9	0.6	50.5	1.4	52.6	1.0	48.4	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	51.0	0.7	51.2	1.8	54.3	1.1	49.3	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	47.9	1.2	51.3	2.2	45.7	2.0	48.0	2.0
	Hispanic, all races	49.7	1.4	50.1	1.9	48.8	2.8	50.1	2.6
Family income^b	Negative/poor	46.9	1.5	50.9	2.1	46.0	2.4	42.9	3.3
	Near poor/low	48.9	1.3	48.0	2.2	51.9	1.9	46.4	2.3
	Middle	47.6	1.1	49.8	2.3	51.2	1.6	44.4	1.4
	High	52.2	0.9	54.8	3.1	55.4	1.8	51.0	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	46.6	0.7	45.8	1.8	48.7	1.3	45.9	0.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	46.5	1.3	45.9	2.0	47.1	2.0	46.5	2.0
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	48.1	0.7	49.8	2.0	50.9	1.3	46.8	0.8
	Public only	39.9	1.5	40.3	2.4	42.2	2.6	35.8	2.9
	Uninsured	40.8	1.8	43.3	3.1	39.3	3.1	40.2	3.0
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	62.0	2.3	58.0	3.3	64.8	3.5	62.2	3.7
	Medicare and private	64.9	1.4	65.9	3.3	65.5	2.1	64.1	2.0
	Medicare and other public	58.3	2.8	57.2	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	50.0	0.6	50.7	1.3	52.4	1.1	48.7	0.8
	Large central metro	48.2	0.9	51.3	2.1	49.3	1.8	46.9	1.2
	Large fringe metro	49.5	1.2	49.4	2.9	55.8	2.3	46.8	1.3
	Medium metro	52.9	1.4	50.8	2.4	52.2	2.2	53.9	1.8
	Small metro	50.4	1.7	51.4	4.7	52.8	2.5	48.9	2.3
	Nonmetropolitan	49.0	1.0	49.1	2.4	51.9	2.0	46.6	1.6
	Micropolitan	49.1	1.3	50.7	2.9	51.4	2.4	46.6	1.9
	Noncore	48.7	1.5	46.5	3.9	52.9	2.9	46.6	3.3
Language spoken most often at home	English	50.2	0.6	50.2	1.3	52.6	1.0	48.9	0.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	45.9	1.9	51.2	2.5	45.5	3.9	40.1	3.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	51.5	0.6	52.9	1.3	54.2	1.1	49.8	0.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	41.0	1.2	44.2	1.9	43.2	2.3	36.2	1.8
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	49.9	1.2	50.2	2.0	53.5	1.9	46.3	2.0
	Complex activities	44.9	1.6	45.9	3.0	47.1	2.4	41.9	2.7
	Neither basic nor complex activities	50.1	0.6	50.8	1.4	52.3	1.1	48.9	0.7

^a 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.

^b 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.

^c 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: 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 March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 14_1_11-3d: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/14_patientcenteredness/T14_1_11-3d.html