Table 14_1_11-4b

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_11.4b
Rating of 7–8 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 ethnicity, United States, 2006
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		36.2	0.6	36.5	0.6	36.4	0.7	34.8	1.2	33.5	1.3
Age	18–44	40.3	0.8	40.9	0.9	41.6	1.1	36.7	1.7	36.4	1.8
	45–64	36.5	0.8	37.0	0.8	36.9	0.9	34.1	2.2	30.2	2.6
	65 and over	26.8	1.0	26.6	1.1	26.2	1.1	29.6	3.3	28.5	3.0
Gender	Male	37.5	0.8	38.0	0.8	38.1	0.9	34.1	1.8	32.0	2.3
Gender	Female	35.3	0.7	35.4	0.7	35.1	0.9	35.2	1.6	34.6	1.5
Family income^a	Negative/poor	31.6	1.3	31.4	1.4	31.5	1.8	33.2	2.2	32.3	2.7
	Near poor/low	32.6	1.1	32.4	1.2	32.4	1.4	29.4	2.5	33.5	2.5
	Middle	37.4	1.0	37.8	1.1	38.2	1.2	35.2	2.4	33.8	2.4
	High	37.6	0.9	37.7	0.9	37.1	1.0	39.5	2.3	34.2	3.0
Education^b	Less than high school	30.5	1.1	30.6	1.3	30.4	1.5	29.3	2.1	30.3	1.8
	High school graduate	32.4	1.0	32.3	1.0	32.1	1.2	33.6	2.0	34.0	2.5
	At least some college	39.9	0.7	40.1	0.8	39.9	0.9	37.9	1.9	37.6	2.6
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	39.3	0.7	39.9	0.7	40.3	0.9	36.0	1.5	33.8	1.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	35.8	1.2	35.9	1.3	35.0	1.5	34.4	2.3	35.7	2.8
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	39.5	0.6	39.9	0.7	40.0	0.8	37.4	1.7	35.2	1.9
	Public only	35.3	1.5	34.7	1.6	35.7	2.1	34.0	2.2	37.5	3.5
	Uninsured	34.1	1.7	35.5	2.0	35.1	2.6	28.0	3.1	29.2	2.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	25.8	1.8	25.5	1.9	25.0	2.0	25.7	4.6	30.2	5.2
	Medicare and private	27.1	1.3	27.0	1.3	26.8	1.4	29.9	4.9	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	27.6	2.4	28.1	2.9	26.4	3.8	33.3	5.2	25.9	4.2
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	36.3	0.6	36.5	0.7	36.3	0.8	35.7	1.4	34.1	1.4
	Large central metro	36.7	1.1	37.0	1.2	36.2	1.6	35.9	1.8	35.5	1.7
	Large fringe metro	38.9	1.2	39.1	1.2	38.8	1.3	40.7	3.6	36.5	3.4
	Medium metro	33.1	1.4	33.5	1.4	33.7	1.5	31.6	2.4	27.2	2.3
	Small metro	35.3	1.6	35.6	1.7	36.2	1.8	30.7	3.4	31.2	5.6
	Nonmetropolitan	36.0	0.9	36.4	0.9	36.9	1.0	28.3	2.4	25.6	3.3
	Micropolitan	36.6	1.2	37.1	1.3	37.3	1.5	31.6	3.6	26.1	3.5
	Noncore	35.0	1.3	35.2	1.3	36.1	1.2	23.2	3.7	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	36.3	0.6	36.4	0.6	36.4	0.7	34.8	1.2	35.1	2.1
Language spoken most often at home	Other	35.0	1.8	40.2	3.5	41.3	5.7	DSU	DSU	31.8	1.6
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	36.6	0.6	36.8	0.6	36.6	0.7	36.2	1.4	34.1	1.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	34.3	1.1	34.8	1.1	35.5	1.4	29.8	2.4	31.1	2.6
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	31.3	1.1	31.4	1.1	31.2	1.3	31.9	2.4	29.2	3.1
	Complex activities	33.2	1.4	33.4	1.5	33.7	1.6	32.2	3.3	31.3	4.8
	Neither basic nor complex activities	37.2	0.6	37.6	0.6	37.5	0.7	35.8	1.5	34.0	1.4

^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 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.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: 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_11-4b: 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_11-4b.html