Table 14_1_11-4c

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_11.4c
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 family income,^a United States, 2006
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		36.2	0.6	31.6	1.3	32.6	1.1	37.4	1.0	37.6	0.9
Age	18–44	40.3	0.8	34.0	2.0	39.1	1.8	41.7	1.5	41.3	1.3
	45–64	36.5	0.8	30.2	2.2	32.6	1.9	38.4	1.5	37.1	1.2
	65 and over	26.8	1.0	27.2	2.7	24.0	1.9	25.3	1.9	29.6	1.9
Gender	Male	37.5	0.8	32.8	2.4	33.7	1.7	38.7	1.4	38.5	1.2
Gender	Female	35.3	0.7	30.9	1.4	32.0	1.4	36.5	1.3	36.8	1.2
Race	White, single race	36.1	0.6	31.7	1.5	32.6	1.2	37.7	1.1	36.9	1.0
	Black, single race	35.2	1.2	33.6	2.1	29.7	2.5	35.6	2.4	39.8	2.3
	Asian, single race	44.1	3.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	41.2	5.2	46.9	4.6
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	25.6	4.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	37.6	4.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	36.5	0.6	31.4	1.4	32.4	1.2	37.8	1.1	37.7	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	36.4	0.7	31.5	1.8	32.4	1.4	38.2	1.2	37.1	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	34.8	1.2	33.2	2.2	29.4	2.5	35.2	2.4	39.5	2.3
	Hispanic, all races	33.5	1.3	32.3	2.7	33.5	2.5	33.8	2.4	34.2	3.0
Education^b	Less than high school	30.5	1.1	26.2	1.8	31.9	1.9	31.0	2.1	32.6	2.9
	High school graduate	32.4	1.0	32.0	2.1	29.4	1.7	33.6	1.5	33.1	1.7
	At least some college	39.9	0.7	37.9	3.5	37.2	2.0	42.5	1.4	39.3	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	39.3	0.7	34.3	2.5	34.8	1.6	41.5	1.3	39.4	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	35.8	1.2	31.3	1.9	40.3	2.4	35.1	2.3	37.4	2.6
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	39.5	0.6	34.6	3.3	37.0	1.9	41.2	1.2	39.3	0.9
	Public only	35.3	1.5	31.7	1.9	39.9	2.6	34.5	3.4	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	34.1	1.7	31.7	3.1	32.0	3.1	37.3	3.2	33.6	4.3
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	25.8	1.8	29.3	5.5	21.8	2.9	26.9	3.1	27.9	3.8
	Medicare and private	27.1	1.3	28.0	5.0	25.8	2.9	23.4	2.2	29.9	2.1
	Medicare and other public	27.6	2.4	23.9	3.0	24.4	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	36.3	0.6	31.5	1.5	33.2	1.2	37.2	1.1	37.5	0.9
	Large central metro	36.7	1.1	30.6	2.2	33.9	2.3	38.6	1.8	37.9	1.8
	Large fringe metro	38.9	1.2	33.6	4.2	37.4	2.8	35.1	2.0	41.6	1.6
	Medium metro	33.1	1.4	33.4	2.5	30.0	1.9	37.1	2.4	31.3	1.7
	Small metro	35.3	1.6	25.3	3.9	30.5	3.0	38.3	2.8	36.9	2.6
	Nonmetropolitan	36.0	0.9	32.0	2.5	30.4	2.4	38.3	1.9	38.1	2.2
	Micropolitan	36.6	1.2	30.4	3.3	25.2	2.9	41.9	2.2	38.8	2.5
	Noncore	35.0	1.3	35.5	3.8	37.2	3.6	32.6	3.1	36.1	4.1
Language spoken most often at home	English	36.3	0.6	32.2	1.4	32.1	1.2	37.5	1.1	37.6	0.9
Language spoken most often at home	Other	35.0	1.8	27.5	3.0	35.5	2.6	36.5	3.1	38.0	4.0
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	36.6	0.6	32.6	1.8	33.4	1.3	37.1	1.1	37.7	0.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	34.3	1.1	29.5	1.9	30.4	1.9	39.2	2.0	36.5	2.5
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	31.3	1.1	28.9	2.0	29.1	1.8	31.7	2.1	34.1	2.4
	Complex activities	33.2	1.4	30.6	2.5	33.2	2.4	33.9	2.7	35.1	3.3
	Neither basic nor complex activities	37.2	0.6	32.6	1.7	34.0	1.4	38.4	1.1	38.0	0.9

^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: 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_11-4c: 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_11-4c.html